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skives off

skives off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of skive off.

Meaning of skive 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.

Questions about skives off

What is skives off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Skives off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of skive off.

Words near skives off in the dictionary

  1. skiver
  2. skivered
  3. skivering
  4. skivers
  5. skives
  6. skives off
  7. skivies
  8. skiving
  9. skiving off
  10. skivings
  11. skivs

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