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Definition of Skip over
1. Verb. Bypass. "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
Generic synonyms: Drop, Leave Out, Miss, Neglect, Omit, Overleap, Overlook, Pretermit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skip Over
Literary usage of Skip over
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"To SKIP over. To pass \vithout notice. Pope Pius n. was wont to say, ... Baam skip
over all sentences where he spied a note of A gentleman made it a rule, ..."
2. Ole Bull by Sara Chapman Thorp Bull, Alpheus Benning Crosby (1882)
"... it will be of great use to you if you accustom yourself to skip, over a string
between two quick notes in divisions, like these — Of such divisions you ..."
3. Concrete Abstractions: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Scheme by Max Hailperin, Barbara Kaiser, Karl Knight (1999)
"For example, given the list (213142) your best bet is to first claim 2 points,
which means you have to skip over the first 1 and the 3, then pass up the ..."
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