bail

(verb) to not do something that one was supposed to do

Example Sentences:

Shawna didn’t invite you because you always bail. You say you will come, and then you never do.

Mike bailed yesterday because he was sick.

A: Are you going to work tomorrow?
B: No, I’m planning on bailing because I want to go to the beach.
A: Will you get in trouble for that?
B: Yeah, but I don’t really care. I hate my job!

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Similar idioms:

1. call in sick
2. that rings a bell
3. BFD
4. cut class
5. sick and tired of
6. get out of something
7. peanuts
8. snow under