Idiom
duck out ofduck out (of somewhere)
to leave a place quickly and without being noticed.The press was waiting for us in front of the hospital, so we ducked out a side door into the car.
Usage notes: often said about leaving before an event is finished:
She ducked out of the dinner to watch the last quarter of the game.
Related vocabulary: slip away
Phr V
duck out of
ducks, ducking, ducked
duck out of sth/doing sth
informal to avoid doing something that other people are expecting you to doI'm supposed to be going to a meeting but I might duck out of it.