play hooky

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play hooky

to fail to attend school or some other event. Why aren't you in school? Are you playing hooky? I don't have time for the sales meeting today, so I think I'll just play hooky.

See also: play

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Play hooky from the rest of your life with `Ferris Bueller' The David Minor Theater & Pub, 180 E. BRIEFLY SCREEN by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) Parents of pupils who play hooky from school in a Tyneside borough will be fined under new plans to crack down on truants. Truants' parents to face fines by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) The much heralded `crack-down' on parents who allow their offspring to play hooky seems to have gone off with more like a whimper than a bang. Susan Lee column: What is the elusive answer to truancy? by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			play dead play devil's advocate play dirty play down play down to play fair play fast and loose play fast and loose with play first chair play footsie play footsie with play for play for a fool play for a sucker play for keeps play for time play freeze-out play games play God play gooseberry play hard to get play hardball play havoc with play hell play hell with play hooky play ignorant play in play in the big leagues play innocent play into hands play into the hands of play it by ear play it cool play it for all it's worth play it safe play like play musical chairs play off play off against play on play on heartstrings play out play out of your skin play over play part play politics play possum play Russian roulette play safe play second fiddle			play games play games play games Play Gauge play God play gooseberry Play ground Play ground play group play group play hard to get play hard to get play hard to get play hard to get play hard to get play hard to get play hardball play havoc with play havoc with play havoc with someone or something play heart out play hell play hell play hell play hell with play hob play hob play hob play hob with play hob with someone or something play hooky play hunch play hunch play hunch play hunch play hunch play ignorant play in play in play in Peoria play in Peoria play in Peoria play in Peoria play in Peoria play in the big leagues play innocent play into hands play into hands play into hands play into hands play into hands play into hands play into the hands of play into the hands of play into the hands of play into the hands of play into the hands of play into the hands of Play It Again Sports play it by ear play it by ear

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