Meanings
verbskive off (third-person singular simple present skives off, present participle skiving off, simple past and past participle skived off)
present singular third person skives off · participle present skiving off · participle past skived off · past skived off
- IrelandUKinformalTo skive; to play truant; to slack off.
Synonyms: bump off, bunk out, bunk off, play hooky
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo skive; to play truant; to slack off.
Translations
Polish wagarować
- wagarowaćto be absent from school without permission
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