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skive off

skive off verb: to skive; to play truant; to slack off.

Verb

skive off (third-person singular simple present skives off, present participle skiving off, simple past and past participle skived off)

  1. (Ireland, UK, informal) To skive; to play truant; to slack off.

Synonyms of skive off

Forms of skive off

third-person singular presentskives off
present participleskiving off
past participleskived off
pastskived off

Questions about skive off

What does skive off mean?
Skive off means to skive; to play truant; to slack off.
What part of speech is skive off?
Skive off is a verb.
What is the past tense of skive off?
The past tense of skive off is skived off.

Words near skive off in the dictionary

  1. skitzo
  2. skitzos
  3. skitzy
  4. skiv
  5. skive
  6. skive off
  7. skived
  8. skived off
  9. skiver
  10. skivered
  11. skivering

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