hacer novillos

v.

to play hooky, to bunk off, to play truant, to bunk off school.

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hacer novillos

familiar to play truant, skip school, US play hooky

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[gen]to stay away, not turn up, skive off*; (Escol)to play truant, play hooky(EEUU)*, skive off*

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(v.) = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + school

Ex. She admitted to having been the ringleader of the girls who played hooky.

Ex. Some students, whose motivation is not too strong, resist the temptation to skip classes if they know that they will be examined at the end of the course.

Ex. They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.

Ex. Kids are bunking off school with their parent's permission, according to a new report.

Ex. Bunking classes might soon become a thing of the past in schools across the city thanks to radio frequency identification (RFID).

Ex. He sat on walls, with the others when they skived school, swigging the very cheapest, tartest cider straight from two-litre bottles.

Ex. Poverty means they are more likely to bunk school, enter crime and die younger.

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(v.) = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + school

Ex: She admitted to having been the ringleader of the girls who played hooky.

Ex: Some students, whose motivation is not too strong, resist the temptation to skip classes if they know that they will be examined at the end of the course.

Ex: They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.

Ex: Kids are bunking off school with their parent's permission, according to a new report.

Ex: Bunking classes might soon become a thing of the past in schools across the city thanks to radio frequency identification (RFID).

Ex: He sat on walls, with the others when they skived school, swigging the very cheapest, tartest cider straight from two-litre bottles.

Ex: Poverty means they are more likely to bunk school, enter crime and die younger.