diff --git a/nag b/nag
index 7f96f93..be81a86 100755
--- a/nag
+++ b/nag
@@ -1150,6 +1150,71 @@ stop() {
   printf "Stopped alarm %s.\\n" "${_target_id}"
 }
 
+# skip ########################################################################
+
+describe "skip" <<HEREDOC
+Usage:
+  ${_ME} skip <id>
+
+Description:
+  Skip the next occurrence of a repeating alarm (reschedule without firing).
+  For one-shot alarms, this deletes them.
+HEREDOC
+skip() {
+  local _target_id="${1:-}"
+  [[ -n "${_target_id}" ]] || _exit_1 printf "Usage: %s skip <id>\\n" "${_ME}"
+
+  _acquire_lock
+  _read_alarms
+
+  local -a _new_alarms=()
+  local _found=0
+  local _line
+
+  for _line in "${_ALARMS[@]:-}"
+  do
+    [[ -n "${_line}" ]] || continue
+    local _id _timestamp _rule _message
+    _id="$(_get_alarm_field "${_line}" 1)"
+    _timestamp="$(_get_alarm_field "${_line}" 2)"
+    _rule="$(_get_alarm_field "${_line}" 3)"
+    _message="$(_get_alarm_field "${_line}" 4)"
+
+    if [[ "${_id}" == "${_target_id}" ]]
+    then
+      _found=1
+      if [[ -n "${_rule}" ]]
+      then
+        local _next_ts _human_time
+        _next_ts="$(_next_occurrence "${_rule}" "${_timestamp}")"
+        _new_alarms+=("$(printf "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s" "${_id}" "${_next_ts}" "${_rule}" "${_message}")")
+        _human_time="$(_format_time "${_next_ts}")"
+        printf "Skipped. Next: %s\\n" "${_human_time}"
+      else
+        printf "Stopped alarm %s.\\n" "${_id}"
+      fi
+    else
+      _new_alarms+=("${_line}")
+    fi
+  done
+
+  if [[ "${_found}" -eq 0 ]]
+  then
+    _release_lock
+    _exit_1 printf "No alarm with ID %s.\\n" "${_target_id}"
+  fi
+
+  if [[ "${#_new_alarms[@]}" -eq 0 ]]
+  then
+    _ALARMS=()
+    : > "${_ALARMS_FILE}"
+  else
+    _ALARMS=("${_new_alarms[@]}")
+    _write_alarms
+  fi
+  _release_lock
+}
+
 # check #######################################################################
 
 describe "check" <<HEREDOC
diff --git a/test/nag.bats b/test/nag.bats
index ebe92ed..e55cc31 100644
--- a/test/nag.bats
+++ b/test/nag.bats
@@ -190,6 +190,44 @@ load test_helper
   [ "${status}" -eq 1 ]
 }
 
+@test "help skip shows skip usage" {
+  run_nag help skip
+  [ "${status}" -eq 0 ]
+  [[ "${output}" =~ "Usage:" ]]
+  [[ "${output}" =~ "skip <id>" ]]
+}
+
+@test "skip reschedules a repeating alarm" {
+  run_nag every day "tomorrow 3pm" daily task
+  run_nag skip 1
+  [ "${status}" -eq 0 ]
+  [[ "${output}" =~ "Skipped" ]]
+  [ -s "${NAG_DIR}/alarms" ]
+  local _ts _now
+  _ts="$(cut -f2 "${NAG_DIR}/alarms")"
+  _now="$(date +%s)"
+  (( _ts > _now ))
+}
+
+@test "skip deletes a one-shot alarm" {
+  run_nag at "tomorrow 3pm" "one-shot"
+  run_nag skip 1
+  [ "${status}" -eq 0 ]
+  [[ "${output}" =~ "Stopped" ]]
+  run_nag
+  [[ "${output}" =~ "Nothing to nag about" ]]
+}
+
+@test "skip with nonexistent ID fails" {
+  run_nag skip 99
+  [ "${status}" -eq 1 ]
+}
+
+@test "skip without ID fails" {
+  run_nag skip
+  [ "${status}" -eq 1 ]
+}
+
 @test "help every shows every usage" {
   run_nag help every
   [ "${status}" -eq 0 ]