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单词 play truant
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play truant

The word rabona means to play truant from school, apparently.She began to play truant and acted up at home.They do not play truant and will not end up in prison.They lunch, drive in the country and play truant at the afternoon matinee.I used to play truant and sneak off to the library to read philosophy.I used to play truant.They play truant from school and stand in groups on pavements, hoping to be treated as the adults they are not.He or she can borrow a book from the 'liblab' or, if less conscientious, 'sag' (play truant from) school.Youngsters who play truant don't learn.

Synonyms of 'play truant'

stay away from school, be absent, truant, skive off
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In other languages
play truant

British English: play truant /pleɪ ˈtrʊənt/ VERB
If children play truant, they stay away from school without permission.
She was getting into trouble over playing truant from school.
  • American English: play hooky
  • Arabic: يِتَغَيَّب
  • Brazilian Portuguese: matar aula
  • Chinese: 逃学
  • Croatian: ne ići u školu, markirati
  • Czech: jít za školu
  • Danish: pjække
  • Dutch: spijbelen
  • European Spanish: hacer novillos
  • Finnish: lintsata
  • French: faire l’école buissonnière
  • German: schwänzen
  • Greek: κάνω σκασιαρχείο
  • Italian: marinare la scuola
  • Japanese: サボる
  • Korean: 무단결석하다
  • Norwegian: skulke
  • Polish: wagarować
  • European Portuguese: faltar às aulas
  • Romanian: a chiuli
  • Russian: прогуливать
  • Latin American Spanish: dejar de asistir
  • Swedish: skolka
  • Thai: หนีโรงเรียน
  • Turkish: okuldan kaçmak
  • Ukrainian: прогулювати
  • Vietnamese: trốn học

(idiom) 
Definition
to stay away from school without permission
She was in trouble over playing truant.
Synonyms
stay away from school
be absent
truant
He was truanting regularly at university.
skive off (British, informal)
bunk off (British, informal)
not go to school
See truant

Additional synonyms

in the sense of truant
He was truanting regularly at university.
Synonyms
absent yourself,
play truant,
skive (British, slang),
bunk off (slang),
desert,
run away,
dodge,
wag (dialect),
go missing,
shirk,
malinger,
bob off (British, slang)

Nearby words of
play truant

  • play someone false
  • play something down
  • play something up
  • play truant
  • play up
  • play up to someone
  • play with someone

Synonyms of 'play truant'

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