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    PLAY HOOKY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Play truant from work or schoolplay

    Example:

    The boy often plays hooky

    Synonyms:

    bunk off; play hooky

    Classified under:

    Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

    Hypernyms (to "play hooky" is one way to...):

    cut; skip (intentionally fail to attend)

    Domain usage:

    argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s

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