duck out | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,intransitive)Todepartquicklyorexitabruptly, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.1921,Ring Lardner, Sr., chapter 4, inThe Big Town:Wile they was still talking along these lines, the orchestra begin to drool a Perfect Day, so Iducked outon the porch for air.1991June 8, Richard Berke, “Sizzling 40-Year Streak Of Never Missing a Vote”, inNew York Times, retrieved26 November 2010:Fearful of missing a roll-call, Representative Charles E. Bennett hasducked outof funerals, bolted from hospital beds and defied snowstorms to get to the House chamber.2002August 29, Leonie Lamont, “Working mothers triumph in two rulings”, inSydney Morning Herald, Australia, retrieved26 November 2010:Cathy Song needed toduck outfrom work at 3pm to ferry her child from pre-school to a neighbour's.; (idiomatic,transitive)To depart quickly or exit abruptlyby way of, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded.1981June 15, “Copious Coping: How Other Mayors Fare”, inTime:The four-term Democrat, known to critics as "King Kevin" and "Mayor De Luxe," has been threatened with recall petitions and recentlyducked outthe back door of a restaurant to avoid picketers.; (idiomatic,intransitive,followed byoforfrom)To move or act so as to achieveavoidance,escape, orevasion.1911,Jack London, “A Piece of Steak”, inWhen God Laughs and Other Stories:In the one moment he saw his opponentducking outof his field of vision and the background of white, watching faces; in the next moment he again saw his opponent and the background of faces.1978, "Another free lunch" (editorial),St. Petersburg Times(USA), 20 March, p. 10A(retrieved 26 Nov 2010):Congress even now is considering enlarging that deficit by cutting those taxes. . . . It meansducking outof the basic Social Security problem.2002April 1, Ian Taylor, “Obstacles to Change in Africa”, inForeign Policy in Focus, retrieved26 November 2010:[A]ny project for renewal is subject to a wide variety of destabilizing forces, not least when elites seek toduck outfrom the commitments they themselves have made.; (transitive,slang)To avoid a debt; to skip out on a bill.

Examples:

EN: You can duck out as soon as it starts.
ES: Luego puede marcharse.
EN: All right, honey, we'll duck out as soon as we finish this dance.
ES: Bueno, cielo, nos iremos en cuanto termine este baile.
EN: You'll be the first one he'll identify if we duck out and leave him.
ES: Eres el primero al que identificará si le soltamos.
EN: Listen, if I was you, I'd duck out of here.
ES: Si fuera tú, me largaría.
EN: How simple it would be for both of us to duck out and go back to my friends. But sooner or later we'll have to face it. I'll do it now if you will.
ES: Sería más fácil volver con nuestros amigos, pero algún día tendremos que afrontar esto.
EN: You don't mind if I duck out for a while, do you?
ES: No te importa si salgo un momento, ¿verdad?
EN: You, duck out that way.
ES: Tú, lárgate por ahí.
EN: - We start a riot, then duck out.
ES: - Hacemos un alboroto y escapamos.
EN: I am her grandfather and you did marry her... and neither one of us can simply duck out from under. - Maybe you can't. - You can't either.
ES: Tal vez Vonnie estaba con el corazón roto, por como resultaron las cosas con el amorío, pero decididamente Bobby no lo estaba.
EN: You run along, baby, and I'll duck out of here just as soon as I ca-
ES: Anda, muñeca, y me escabulliré de aquí lo antes...
EN: All I do is duck out for a few days .. And I got road-show vermin crawling all over the house.
ES: Sólo tengo que irme de aquí dos días y tengo a la reina del camino arrastrándose.
EN: Soon as this guy Holzmeir starts talking, we'll duck out that door.
ES: Apenas el tal Holzmeir empiece a hablar, saldremos por allí.
EN: Your city is so cosmopolitan, and this shack of yours is so magnificent frankly, I feel like a duck out of water.
ES: Su ciudad es tan cosmopolita, y esta casita tan imponente francamente, me siento como un pato fuera del agua.
EN: Stay right here, I want to duck out a minute.
ES: Quédese aquí, volveré en un minuto.
EN: So don't try to duck out because we'll unravel this thing yet
ES: No trate de desaparecer o algo así porque sería inútil.

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