duck out (English, verb)
expansion: duck out (third-person singular simple present ducks out, present participle ducking out, simple past and past participle ducked out)
Senses:
glosses: To depart quickly or exit abruptly, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
glosses: To depart quickly or exit abruptly by way of, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To move or act so as to achieve avoidance, escape, or evasion.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
raw_tags: followed by of or from
glosses: To avoid a debt; to skip out on a bill.
tags: slang
transitive
Forms:
form: ducks out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ducking out
tags: participle
present
form: ducked out
tags: participle
past
form: ducked out
tags: past