skive in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for skive in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

See also skive off

I.skive off VB [Am skaɪv -, Brit skʌɪv -] Brit inf (v + adv)

II.skive off VB [Am skaɪv -, Brit skʌɪv -] Brit inf (v + adv + o)

I.skive off VB [Am skaɪv -, Brit skʌɪv -] Brit inf (v + adv)

II.skive off VB [Am skaɪv -, Brit skʌɪv -] Brit inf (v + adv + o)

Translations for skive in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

skive in the PONS Dictionary

skive Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to skive off school
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
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).
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Pick a much less severe ailment, and hope that your boss deems it an acceptable excuse to skive off?
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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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He also co-patented machines designed to manufacture barbed-wire fencing, skive, gage and mark leather, create leather buttonholes, rub type, and remove bristles from sealskins.
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I quickly learnt that constant reinvention is the key to a successful skive.
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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.
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They can not simply skive off whenever they feel like it.
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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.
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But bright sunshine and soaring temperatures are also thought to have added to the desire to skive off.
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Skive-burnishing is often used in hydraulic cylinder applications.
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