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## authenticate.skip variable

`@authenticate.skip()` - a sugar decorator to skip authentication

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
skip: () => (target: any, method?: string | undefined, methodDescriptor?: TypedPropertyDescriptor<any> | undefined) => any
```