"bunk off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-bunk off.ogg [Australia] Forms: bunks off [present, singular, third-person], bunking off [participle, present], bunked off [participle, past], bunked off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bunk off (third-person singular simple present bunks off, present participle bunking off, simple past and past participle bunked off)
  1. (British, slang) To play truant Tags: British, slang Synonyms: bump off, skive, on the hop

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bunk off meaning in English (1.5kB)

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