What it means
To bunk off means to skip school, work, or some other thing you're meant to turn up for by sneaking off without permission. It's very British, very cheeky, and usually has a bit of planning behind it, whether that's ducking out with your mates or tossing out a rubbish excuse after. You'd use it most for school, but people say it for work too.
Usage examples
"We bunked off maths, legged it to Greggs, and blamed a broken bus. Sir clocked us, sighed, and told us to do one."
"We bunked off the assembly at the comprehensive in Croydon to go to the cinema in town, came back smelling of popcorn and the deputy head took one sniff and called my mum that evening."
"Three of us bunked off work for the test match at the Oval last Thursday, sat in the sun with a cool box, told the office we had food poisoning, and got tan lines that the boss noticed Monday."
"We bunked off PE, hid our ties in my backpack, and spent the afternoon mooching round the arcade till my brother grassed us up."
"He bunked off his shift on Friday and got spotted in the pub garden at half two, pint in hand and sunglasses on like a proper genius."
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