intransitive. To go away, depart; to vanish. Cf. main sense 21a. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To withdraw, remove oneself; to stay away. In later use chiefly South Asian.

to play truant; also formerly †to play the truant, -s (obsolete). Const. from, to.

intransitive. To idle, play truant (esp. from school); to wander, stray. Also with it.

to take (†a) French leave: to depart unnoticed or without permission; (also spec. in military contexts) to escape or take flight; to desert, to…

intransitive. To trot; to walk quickly or briskly; to trip; also to trig it; spec. (slang) see quot. 1796; also transitive or with adverbial…

to play hookey: to play truant. Also transferred. colloquial (chiefly North American).

intransitive. To act like a submarine; to dive, swim, or move along under water. Also figurative.

intransitive. Chiefly U.S. regional (southern). To absent oneself from work or school; to take the day off.

To be off. Also with about.