dip out

British

verb

informal (often foll by on) to miss out on or fail to participate in something

he dipped out on the examination

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“It’s a decompression room where people can dip out of the main anchor to have a quiet meditative moment and recaliberate. It’s going to be all-natural treatments with a mycelia ceiling.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2026

Make sure guys can dip in and dip out of the intensity and spotlight, and still be able to enjoy themselves.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

Or his physical level might dip out of nowhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 9, 2025

But they kind of dip in and dip out of being cats, and they can’t really outcompete cats in their space.

From Scientific American • Oct. 4, 2023

Before dark I had emptied one of the baskets in which food was stored and used it to dip out the water that came over the sides.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

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