skip out (on (something))

to avoid something.

He's been skipping out on hockey practice to go skateboarding.

• every other something
• every so often
• everything but the kitchen sink
• Everything in the garden is rosy.
• Everything's coming up roses.
• everything under the sun
• every time someone turns around
• every time someone turns round
• every time turn around
• every time turns around
• every time turns round
• every time you turn around
• every Tom, Dick, and Harry
• every trick in the book
• every which way
• ex cathedra
• except for one thing
• excuse me
• ex gratia
• explain away
• explain away something
• extoll the virtues of
• extoll the virtues of someone
• extoll the virtues of something
• extracurricular activity