"skive off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: skives off [present, singular, third-person], skiving off [participle, present], skived off [participle, past], skived off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} skive off (third-person singular simple present skives off, present participle skiving off, simple past and past participle skived off)
  1. (UK, Ireland, informal) To skive; to play truant; to slack off. Tags: Ireland, UK, informal Synonyms: bump off, bunk out, bunk off, play hooky

Inflected forms

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