play truant1 → play hooky
2 British EnglishBrESESGO TO/ATTEND to stay away from school without permission 逃学,旷课 SYN British English skive, American English play hookyplay truant• He'd played hooky again and ridden the train out to Brooklyn.• Billy was caught playing truant and has been given extra homework for a month.
→ play truant at truant(1)