skip class vs skip the classes

Both 'skip class' and 'skip the classes' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Skip class' is used when referring to missing a single class or a specific class, while 'skip the classes' is used when talking about missing multiple classes or all classes in general.

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skip class

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to missing a single class or a specific class.

This phrase is used when talking about not attending a particular class or missing a single class. It is commonly used in informal contexts.

Examples:

I decided to skip class and go to the beach instead.
She always skips class on Fridays.
If you skip class, you'll miss important information.
He regrets skipping class last week.
Skipping class is not a good idea.

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You want me to skip class?
Welcome to college, where it's okay to skip class.
All I did was skip class and read novels intended for adult women.
I know this might come as a shock, but maybe she didn't want to skip class.
How do they skip class every day and go to the beach?
Want to skip class?
Can't you just skip class?
Just don't skip class.
Plus, I'm sure I'm sure he wants any excuse to skip class.
A lot of seniors skip class.
I just said I did so I could skip class.
You might as well skip class this afternoon.
Let's skip class and take a walk?
Let's skip class and go to the woods!
Did you all skip class on the day the house burned down?
We skip practicing when we don't feel like doing it, and we skip class when we don't feel like coming, or there is a birthday or a good movie or concert happening at the same time.
If I'd known there'd been a quiz, I would have done what I did in college - Skip class.
Did you skip class?
I'll skip class.

Alternatives:

miss class
skip a class
skip a lesson
skip a lecture
skip school

skip the classes

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to missing multiple classes or all classes in general.

This phrase is used when talking about not attending multiple classes or all classes in general. It is also commonly used in informal contexts.

Examples:

I can't believe he's planning to skip the classes for the entire week.
Skipping the classes will put you behind in your studies.
She decided to skip the classes and travel instead.
If you skip the classes, you'll have a lot of catching up to do.
Skipping the classes is not a good idea if you want to pass the course.

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It'll help when you skip classes.
My physics teacher doesn't care if I skip classes.
Students are not allowed to skip classes that might offend their dignity.
It's come to my attention you've been letting one of your students skip classes, miss tests, and hang out in the teachers' lounge.
She skips classes and hangs out on the rooftop frequently at school, often leaving poor grades.
I would draw something, take my dog for a walk, skip classes and travel.
I heard that you sometimes skip morning classes to do your math research
Raised in an extremely poor society, he used to skip school classes to play barefoot football with his friends in improvised pitches and using improvised footballs.
I'll skip all my classes for the greater good of the group.
Hidden somewhere, parts for a 40s-sounding brass section show that in those years at Berklee Beller did not skip his arranging classes.
I just have to skip all my Wednesday classes, scurry along the rooftop to econ, and change my major to nursing.
Maybe I should skip the game.
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We'll skip the court martial.
We can skip the formality of really playing.
You'll forgive me if I skip the formalities.
Then we can skip the boring...
Or... We could skip the party.

Alternatives:

miss the classes
skip all the classes
skip every class
skip every lesson
skip all the lectures

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