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Discover LudwigThe phrase "skip dinner" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to choose not to eat dinner. You can use this phrase when talking about intentionally not eating dinner for a specific reason, such as being on a diet or not feeling hungry. For example: - I decided to skip dinner tonight because I ate a big lunch. - I often skip dinner when I'm trying to lose weight. - We can't afford to go out to eat every night, so we usually just skip dinner and make something at home.
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3. Skip dinner.
Or just skip dinner all together.
Basically, we have to skip dinner.
One final idea: skip dinner and go straight to dessert.
On my birthday, I was allowed to skip dinner.
He urges her to turn in early that night and skip dinner at a swanky restaurant.
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I skipped dinner that night.
She skips dinner and takes a nap.
But then she started skipping dinner, too.
They were behind schedule and would be skipping dinner.
He is skipping dinner, just as he skipped dinners for Mexico and India, saying through aides that he's not fond of formal affairs.
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