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cut class

To intentionally miss class, usually to pursue some other activity. I can't possibly sit through another lecture today, so let's just cut class and go to the beach.

cut class

and cut school

to skip a school class or a day of school without an excuse. As a joke, one day all the students cut their math class and went to lunch. Jane was grounded after she cut school last Friday.

cut class

Absent oneself from a class or other, usually mandatory event, as in If he cuts one more class he'll fail the course. [Late 1700s]

See also: class, cut

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By early afternoon, Kat can't stand waiting for an answer, so she "borrows" a bike from the rack at school, leaving a note explaining to the unknown owner, and cuts class to race off to see her dog.