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Anonymous

Feb 07, 2025

What does “skirt the law” mean?

What does the phrase "skirt the law" mean? Can you provide examples of how it is used in legal or everyday contexts?

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Anonymous

Jan 28, 2025

It means that someone has knowingly broke the law but is using loop holes or procedural errors to get away with it.

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Anonymous

Jan 17, 2025

Basically, to go around it, to disobey it. You see, a skirt is a garment that GOES AROUND. In the dictionary skirting means to go around, to circumnavigate. Get it?

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