skip town

skip town

To leave town secretly and/or hastily. You can't just skip town every time you end a relationship. I think Adam skipped town—no one has seen or heard from him in weeks.
See also: skip, town
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • blow town
  • A-town
  • get out of town
  • Get out of town!
  • all around town
  • go to town on (something)
  • all over town
  • out of town
  • hit town
  • night on the town
References in periodicals archive
When defendants skip town, it's the bounty hunters who track them down.
The bounty hunter's pursuit of justice: when felony defendants jump bail, bounty hunters spring into action. It's a uniquely American system, and it works
On the final day, however, it was apparent most attendees opted to skip town early.
ICE 2003 surprises many
One trick scammers use is selling low-cost items to gather positive feedback and then auction off a big-ticket item and skip town without sending it.
Caveat emptor online. (technology today)
And so the dreams keep coming, filling his sleep with divine designs so new and troubling that another man might certainly skip town and head off the coming era of responsibility.
Odd man out: sometimes the extra at history's greatest dramas, Saint Joseph still has an important role. (testaments)
The Jernigans' operation appears to defy every rule in the world of rapacious team owners forever poised to reap massive public subsidies for stadiums and arenas but willing to skip town and jilt fans if another city offers a better deal.
Memphis Baseball Team, Stadium Strengthen Community
Note her humiliated, energetic struggle against the dental burden; note the overbite's gusto, its refusal to back down or skip town. The eyes, too, are abject; they want to transcend the tropic mouth, after seasons of ridicule.
Fall Gals
Meanwhile, the Cleveland Browns' Art Modell and other owners skip town for greener pastures, and corporate Cowboys such as Jerry Jones pocket millions in revenues through independent marketing deals that snub the NFL's antebellum revenue-sharing arrangements.
The soul of sports
Will Ryan abandon his plans to skip town or will he find another way to spend his life with Ava?
Will Ryan Lose Ava On 'General Hospital'?
Well, she could hardly skip town after that bombshell.
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Thomas has plans to skip town instead, but when Mallory jumps in his car, the night and his future become a lot less certain.
Bliss, Bryan. Meet Me Here
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But I still listen to this and think that one day I'll skip town, play this song too much on my road trip out West and give her a hug when I get there.
Woods
She confided in sexy bad-boy lover Sean that she was going to make Max think she'd given in before wiping him clean of everything in his life, then they could skip town with the kids and the money for a new life.
Soap stories: Murder in mind for Max; Tanya has had enough of her other half and plans to get the ultimate revenge EASTENDERS MONDAY, BBC1, 8pm
Factory owners have been known to lock up plants in the dead of the night and skip town to avoid total financial ruin.
What Detroit can learn from Bangalore: a booming city's lessons for a town in decline
One day, when she's also looking after the young daughter (Zhu Jiayue) of some friends, her life changes: her wares are confiscated by police, the friends skip town and abandon their kid, and her husband, Xu Changgeng (Li Longjun), is arrested after he blinds a fellow gambler (Wu Shengli) in a mahjong game.
Cry Woman