skip over something

skip over something
skip over (someone/something) to omit or not choose someone or something.

I skipped over the boring parts of the exhibition.

The director skipped over me when choosing a managing editor.


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  • skip over someone — skip over (someone/something) to omit or not choose someone or something. I skipped over the boring parts of the exhibition. The director skipped over me when choosing a managing editor …   New idioms dictionary

  • skip over — (someone/something) to omit or not choose someone or something. I skipped over the boring parts of the exhibition. The director skipped over me when choosing a managing editor …   New idioms dictionary

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  • skip — [[t]skɪ̱p[/t]] skips, skipping, skipped 1) VERB If you skip along, you move almost as if you are dancing, with a series of little jumps from one foot to the other. [V adv/prep] They saw the man with a little girl skipping along behind him... [V… …   English dictionary

  • skip — 1 verb 1 MOVEMENT (I) to move forwards with quick steps and jumps (+ across/along etc): Maria skipped along at her mother s side. 2 NOT DO STH (T) informal to not do something that you usually do or that you should do: Children who skip breakfast …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • skip — skip1 [ skıp ] verb * 1. ) intransitive to move forward by jumping first on one foot and then the other: Julie skipped down the sidewalk. a ) transitive to jump over a rope that you or two other people swing above your head and then under your… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • skip — skɪp n. act of skipping; bounce, spring, jump; act of passing over something, omission, exclusion v. move forward in a series of light jumps; leap lightly; pass over; leave out, exclude, omit; leave, flee, escape (Informal); fail to attend… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Skip Battin — (* 18. Februar 1934 in Gallipolis, Ohio; † 6. Juli 2003 in Edmonton, Alberta, Kanada; eigentlich Clyde Battin) war ein US amerikanischer Countryrock Sänger und Bassist. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Musikalische Anfänge bis Skip Flip 2 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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