One skipping meal, looking to get free travel (4,6)

I believe the answer is:

fare dodger

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'one skipping' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'meal looking to get free travel' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'meal' could be 'fare' (I've seen this before) and 'fare' is located in the answer.
'travel' could be 'do' (doing is a kind of travelling) and 'do' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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