skive
Example Sentences
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"I am autistic, so the toilets were a space where I could regulate," she explained, adding if she took too long someone would "bang on the door" or think she was "skiving off".
From BBC
"It felt like you were skiving off work, you kept waiting for the phone to ring, constantly felt guilty," she told the BBC.
From BBC
Wind: “If you were trying to skive off work, I’m not sure how you’d convincingly sell gale force winds in your own office.”
From The Verge
A bookshelf backdrop is a visual reassurance – to your constituents, or your boss, or your tutor – that although you are at home you are working hard, not skiving.
From The Guardian
A wonderfully comforting movie that celebrates the world of idling, skiving, goofing off, and what the French flaneurs called “botanising on the asphalt”.
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
