dip out

verb

To leave a place without informing anyone.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person dips out · participle present dipping out · participle past dipped out · past dipped out

  1. informalTo leave a place without informing anyone.
  2. biologyTo miss out on seeing a bird, especially one that is rare or difficult to observe.

    That was how I dipped out on a Tree Pipit! Which, of course, balanced up the stringy Hawfinch, so fair enough.

    1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 27
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dip out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dip%20out.

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