dip out

English

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dip out (third-person singular simple present dips out, present participle dipping out, simple past and past participle dipped out)

  1. (informal) To leave a place without informing anyone.
  2. (birdwatching) To miss out on seeing a bird, especially one that is rare or difficult to observe.
    • 1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 27:
      That was how I dipped out on a Tree Pipit! Which, of course, balanced up the stringy Hawfinch, so fair enough.

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