Collocations for "skipping"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "skipping" in context.
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skip
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- skip to [school, work]
- skip [happily, lazily]
- skipped along (merrily)
- skip rope
- skip [class, the meeting, lunch]
- skip the [commercials, previews]
- skip to the (very) end
- skip to the end of the [book, movie]
- skip over the [boring, scary] parts
- [let's, best to] skip over the details
- skipped the best part
- skip [forward, backward] to
- skip a stone on the [river, lake, water]
- skip a stone across the [river]
- my heart skipped a beat
- skip around from one [point, subject] to another
- the [suspect, gang, criminal] skipped town
- the [record, CD] (player) keeps skipping
- skip [tracks, the next track]
- walked with a [strange, bouncy, joyful] skip
- a [navigation, recording, command] skip
- with a skip in her step
- the [coffee, news, sex] put a skip in his step
- a hop, skip, and a jump (away)
- UK: a [building, waste, construction, refuse] skip
- UK: [salvage, find, take] a rug from the skip
- UK: [hire, rent, transport, empty] a skip
'skipping' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):