Before this run United had skipped through autumn, beating Spurs 3-0, Arsenal 8-2, Bolton 5-0 and Chelsea 3-1.
Having skipped through Borodin's Polovtsian Dances before the interval, the BBC National Chorus of Wales joined the orchestra for the more serious business of Rachmaninov's choral symphony, The Bells.
He has skipped two visits.
Mr Nunn has skipped a generation.
Mrs Clinton has skipped campaigning in Louisiana.
This impulse is ratified by many transgender adults, who say they wish they could have skipped going through puberty in the wrong sex.
Having skipped painlessly through the upbeat Season One box set, I skip forward to the soul-searching, post-9/11 'Isaac and Ishmael' episode that many consider the series' creative tipping point.
We saw no more houses and almost no other people, and for the next 20 minutes, time seemed to have skipped a century as we rolled through a tunnel of green formed by overarching trees.
Watching my son's current progress through kindergarten, I cannot imagine him having skipped this crucial year to enter first grade directly.
So for the third time I've skipped the dealer hassle and bought a new car through CarsDirect.
