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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def skip(self):
 """Checks the skip list."""

        # Should we skip?
        if self.skip_list and isinstance(self.skip_list, list):
            for skip in self.skip_list:
                if request.path.startswith('/{0}'.format(skip)):
                    return True
        return False