skive off in English

Forms: skives off [present, singular, third-person], skiving off [participle, present], skived off [participle, past], skived off [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} skive off (third-person singular simple present skives off, present participle skiving off, simple past and past participle skived off)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "skives off",
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    {
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        "To skive; to play truant; to slack off."
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        "(UK, informal) To skive; to play truant; to slack off."
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "informal"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "skive off"
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    {
      "form": "skives off",
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    {
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    },
    {
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        "To skive; to play truant; to slack off."
      ],
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        "(UK, informal) To skive; to play truant; to slack off."
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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}

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"skive off" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms