transcription, транскрипция: [ skaɪv ]
( skives, skiving, skived)
If you skive , you avoid working, especially by staying away from the place where you should be working. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
The company treated me as though I were skiving.
VERB : V
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Skive off means the same as skive .
‘I absolutely hated school,’ Rachel says. ‘I skived off all the time.’...
Almost everybody’s kids skive off school.
PHRASAL VERB : V P , V P n