Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Ireland, UK, informal)To skive; to play truant; to slack off.

Examples

19 sentences
  1. She skived off school.

    Вона прогуляла школу.

    ruОна прогуляла школу.

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  2. Why don't we skive off school today?

    deWarum schwänzen wir heute mal nicht die Schule?

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  3. How about we skive off school and go to the beach?

    ruКак насчет того, чтобы прогулять школу и пойти на пляж?

    deWas hältst Du davon, wenn wir den Unterricht schwänzen und an den Strand gehen?

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  4. I just skived off yesterday.

    deGestern habe ich einfach blau gemacht.

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  5. They often skive off school.

    ruОни часто прогуливают уроки.

    deSie schwänzen oft die Schule.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

skives off, skiving off, skived off, skived off
Base formskive off · to skive off
3rd person singularskives off
Present participleskiving off
Past simpleskived off
Past participleskived off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyskive off
he, she, itskives off

Past simpleLesson

all personsskived off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave skived off
he, she, ithas skived off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill skive off

Synonyms

4 synonyms

See also

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