to bunk off

to bunk off
Сбежать откуда-либо или не явиться куда-либо. Это выражение, в настоящее время употребляемое в основном среди школьников, вариант выражения to do a bunk, которое было очень распространено в XIX в.

The police came round to his house to have a talk with him, but he had bunked off. — Полицейские пришли к нему домой, чтобы побеседовать с ним, но он удрал.

Нет никакой связи с bunk bed (двухэтажная кровать). Bunk или bung означает поднимать, подбрасывать, бросать.

Don't bother to tidy up the toys — just bung everything in the cupboard. — Не трать время на уборку игрушек — просто побросай всё в шкаф.


English-Russian dictionary of expressions. 2014.

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  • bunk off school — ˌbunk ˈoff | ˌbunk off ˈschool/ˈwork derived (BrE, informal) to stay away from school or work when you should be there; to leave school or work early Syn: ↑skive, Syn: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • bunk off work — ˌbunk ˈoff | ˌbunk off ˈschool/ˈwork derived (BrE, informal) to stay away from school or work when you should be there; to leave school or work early Syn: ↑skive, Syn: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bunk Off — is episode 2 of E4 s The Inbetweeners . It originally aired on May 1, 2008 the same day that First Day aired on E4.PlotThe boys bunk off from college. They get served for alcohol and get drunk around Neil s house. His father catches them and… …   Wikipedia

  • bunk off — verb play truant from work or school The boy often plays hooky • Syn: ↑play hooky • Usage Domain: ↑slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • bunk off — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms bunk off : present tense I/you/we/they bunk off he/she/it bunks off present participle bunking off past tense bunked off past participle bunked off British informal bunk off something to not go to …   English dictionary

  • bunk off — vb British to play truant or absent oneself. A term now heard mainly among schoolchil dren, bunk off is a variant of do a bunk which has been a common expression since the 19th century. There is no con nection with bunk bed, but rather with the… …   Contemporary slang

  • bunk off — PHRASAL VERB If you bunk off from school or work, you leave without permission and do something else. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V P n] We thought nothing of bunking off school and travelling 100 miles to find this or that record. [Also V P] Syn: play… …   English dictionary

  • bunk off — phr verb Bunk off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑school …   Collocations dictionary

  • bunk off — Brit. informal abscond from school or work. → bunk …   English new terms dictionary

  • bunk off — verb To play truant Syn: skive …   Wiktionary

  • bunk off — Verb. To shirk one s duties. A common adolescent s term for avoiding school lessons …   English slang and colloquialisms


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