1.Informal. To fail to attend on purpose: cut, truant. Idioms: go AWOL, play hooky (or truant) . SeeSEEK. 2. To cease consideration or treatment of: dismiss, drop, give over, give up. Idioms: have done with, wash one's hands of. SeeKEEP. 3.Informal. To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation. Also used with out: abscond, break out, decamp, escape, flee, fly, get away, run away. Slang :lam. Regional :absquatulate. Idioms: blow (or fly) the coop, cut and run, give someone the slip, make a getaway, take flight, take it on the lam. SeeFREE. 4. To strike a surface at such an angle as to be deflected: carom, dap, glance, graze, ricochet, skim. SeeSTRIKE. 5. To bound lightly: hop, skitter, spring, trip. SeeMOVE.
