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skiving off

skiving off is the present participle and gerund 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 skiving off

What is skiving off the present participle and gerund of?
Skiving off is the present participle and gerund of skive off.

Words near skiving off in the dictionary

  1. skivers
  2. skives
  3. skives off
  4. skivies
  5. skiving
  6. skiving off
  7. skivings
  8. skivs
  9. skivvie
  10. skivvied
  11. skivvies

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