The phrase
"to duck out" means to leave a place or situation quickly, often without explanation.
Full definition
Just
duck out of the way if you see one of the walls starting to crumble above you.
That means that party leaders are expected to take part and
not duck out.
Similarly, members of the congregation aren't likely to
duck out during service to go get high.
Once we're done with dinner, some
guys duck out to have a cigarette.
My god that hurt watching our tallest most experienced
player duck out of a bread and butter challenge... and on the day captain of our club none the less.
You may feel entitled to
duck out given your record of providing hours of unpaid overtime to your organisation but that won't impress a potential employer.
For the start or end with lunch options, I could
always duck out and get my own, but I will miss out on valuable networking and «shop talk» over lunch.
Come
duck out of the heat & join us tomorrow for Yoga with Cats here at Simply Cats.
Make sure your TV is set to record the show in case you have to
duck out during a juicy part to take care of a fussy baby.
Her doubts made me waiver slightly... it's very easy to make me waiver... and I consider
ducking out for beef cheeks, before realising I just didn't have the purchase of new ingredients in me (let alone cooking them).
He also
ducked out in the middle of the practice rounds to fly back to California for his daughter's graduation, which is perfectly fine, commendable and a thing he's done in the past.
Brian is the
odd duck out here since she certainly remains in Jill Ellis» general plans for a midfield, but she opted to sign a 2.5 year contract with Olympique Lyonnais.
I worked in a department entirely composed of men so I always felt a little weird
about ducking out to hook myself up to my «milking machine».
My husband practically devoured your book,
even ducking out of work some to do so.»
He thinks any damage he takes
from ducking out the debate is less than the damage he suffers from taking part.
Sean Murray has for
now ducked out of the media because he's got high hopes, higher than ours, and he knows too much hype can kill something before it arrives.
It's very easy to get overconfident using armor in a fire fight, only to find that your suit power has run out, leaving you as a
sitting duck out in the open.
The pair talked enthusiastically about the film and their involvement and then quickly
ducked out before the screening began.
In some cases, the bonding might be most effective if the head of the
company ducks out early, leaving someone else in charge of making sure everyone travels home safely.
So ducking out of its surveillance dragnet entirely is especially hard.
Markets have been crazy this month, but rather than try to wade through all the news, much of which doesn't seem to have much informational content, I thought I would
duck out altogether and instead make a list of things I expect will happen over the next several years.
Growing up in the former Czechoslovakia under a strict communist regime,
meant ducking out to the nearest takeaway or fast food outlet was simply impossible.
Last year my
son ducked out of the way of a fly ball because he was scared.
We have a 6» 4 snail
who ducks out of aerial duels for vice-captain and a pint - sized sideways passing guy who uses ridiculous amounts of hair gel as captain.
Maine man George Soule quacks a duck calf that sounds like the real thing, but when he adds his bigger - than - life cork decoys to the Casco Bay scene he sometimes has trouble keeping inquisitive
black ducks out of his blind
Also, no captain should
ever duck out of headers, especially when he's a 6ft8 ″ centre back!
Every single Arsenal fan in the world saw Per
Mertesacker duck out of the way when Martin Skrtel headed the equaliser for Liverpool against Arsenal last week, but of course Arsene Wenger has come out in defence of the big lumbering German.
Where was the marking or aggression for the second goal... why no players on the posts... why does
Mert duck out of 50/50 challenges (every fcuking time!)
First Dzeko grabbed his hat - trick after Toure got behind the defence to put across an inviting square ball, before Aguero flicked home a fourth after leaving Michael Dawson for dead and seeing
Friedel duck out of the way of his shot at goal.
The theme for April 2013 was «Little Explorers» and the book we read, «Lucky Ducklings» told of a family of
ducks out exploring a little town in which they live.
At home, of course, we have friends who can either join us or to whom one of the kids can
duck out rather than go somewhere they don't like, but on the road, there's no «plan b», no - one else to help out.
One mom remembers her
mom ducking out periodically for possibly the worst possible reason: «She kept leaving during my 16 - hour labor to smoke and kept coming back in my room reeking so bad I was nauseous.»
The prime minister issued a brutal attack on the BBC today, amid accusations that Tory candidate Maria
Hutchings ducked out of a radio debate with other candidates.
«The Independent's attack on Lord Ashcroft backfires, revealing that 81 % of target seat funding comes from local activists Main Another Labour
MP ducks out of defending a top Tory target»
While the production is getting ramped up to start shooting in ten days,
Guido ducks out of a press conference and holes up in a seaside spa.
The «transition» animation is similar - Porco's
plane ducking out of sight as clouds reveal the new menu.
The game, which worked with the original light gun zapper, sees you attempting to
shoot ducks out of the sky.
It's around this point that Elvis vehicles started to develop a sociopathic streak; Viva Las Vegas's crass reduction of anyone Elvis doesn't need to literal cannon fodder is perhaps in the embryonic stage in these opening moments of It Happened at the World's Fair, or when
Mike ducks out on his quasi-daughter and his best friend without saying goodbye, effectively cutting them from the show - stopping, Music Man - ish final number.
Jenkins ducked out of this year's A24 soiree a bit early to catch a screening, but staying behind at the same Italian spot was Greta Gerwig, whose solo directorial debut, the autobiographical Lady Bird, emerged as one of the best - received movies of the festival.
Sorry to
duck out there for the whole morning — a combination of wireless misbehavior and delayed screenings has played havoc with my planned writing time.