mettre les bouts de bois
French
Etymology
Literally,
“
put the pieces of wood
”
Pronunciation
IPA
(key)
:
/mɛ.tʁə le bu də bwa/
Verb
mettre
les
bouts
de
bois
(
informal
,
dated
)
to
skip town
Synonym:
décamper
Derived terms
mettre les bouts
(
by ellipsis
)