skive in the PONS Dictionary

skive Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to skive off school
кръшкам от училище

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Wagers are already pouring in and the industry is set for a record-breaking betting bonanza as workers skive off to engulf themselves in all of the action.
www.dailystar.co.uk
But bright sunshine and soaring temperatures are also thought to have added to the desire to skive off.
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They can not simply skive off whenever they feel like it.
www.echo.net.au
Non-smokers don't get a five-minute break every hour yet are often put under pressure when the smokers disappear for their hourly skive.
news.bbc.co.uk
Then again, maybe you're just like everyone else, desperately looking for an excuse to skive off work and twirl around on your desk chair.
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No doubt some of the stations are dirty and cramped, but more problematic were the seemingly perennial strikes (though they provided an unimpeachable excuse to skive lectures).
www.themalaymailonline.com
Pick a much less severe ailment, and hope that your boss deems it an acceptable excuse to skive off?
entertainment.ie
If they're really lucky they will get to skive off double maths so that they can come and hear the likes of me enthuse about the joys of reading...
www.telegraph.co.uk
I quickly learnt that constant reinvention is the key to a successful skive.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
Skive-burnishing is often used in hydraulic cylinder applications.
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