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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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verb

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

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Dictionary Entry

play hooky

Part of Speechverb

To play truant; to avoid (informally: skip) school, work, or other duties (stay away from these without permission or an excuse); to skive (UK).

In a Sentence

“Plenty of people played hooky from work to go see the movie on opening day.”

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Related Words

play hookiebug outbunk offplay truanthop the wagskive offsack offplay the wag

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