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Discover LudwigThe phrase "skipping dinner" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the act of not eating dinner, often for reasons such as lack of time, appetite, or choice. Example: "After a long day at work, I decided to skip dinner and go straight to bed."
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But then she started skipping dinner, too.
They were behind schedule and would be skipping dinner.
Patience just isn't a virtue in the world of an insectivore, where waiting means skipping dinner.
Aspiring Carine Roitfelds, however, are just as happy skipping dinner altogether and vanishing upstairs for their Gauloises fix.
And "Skipping dinner to get thinner/ WHERE IS MY PROPOSAL?" is probably the best Eurovision lyric ever.
In my country, he'd have kept his weight down by skipping dinner and sitting around in a pub smoking.
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Eating cheap lunches and skipping dinners — not just to save money, but so that drinks pack more of a punch and fewer need be consumed.
Or just skip dinner all together.
She skips dinner and takes a nap.
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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