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bbclertingenglish.com Hello and welcome to The English We Speak,
where we explain phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too.
I'm Feifei and I'm joined by Beth.
Now, I notice you ducked out of George's party early last night, Beth.
All OK?
Hmm, I did, but I can't tell you why.
It's too embarrassing.
Oh, secretive.
Now I really want to know.
Well, I can talk about duck out, which is what we're looking at today.
If you duck out, you leave quickly and often quietly without people noticing.
So you might duck out of a long meeting or class or a boring party.
You leave early and suddenly.
Well, Georgie's party definitely wasn't boring.