skive
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Employers tend to provide workers control over their work when they trust and believe that will contribute back to the company rather than to skive off work.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2018
It’s dishonest to defraud a religious organization by promising to perform charity work and then faking an illness to skive off.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2016
So imagine how hard it is to skive.
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2015
Give more people who can’t skive off work during the week the chance to attend.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2014
If I was Grant Burch or Ross Wilcox or any of the council-house kids from down Wellington End, I'd just skive off and hop over that stile and follow the bridleway to wherever it went.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Thankfully he woke up but, still faced with the prospect of school, he "skived off" and visited the library instead where he could relax and read.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2019
I skived off at one point and went to the Science Museum, which had just opened its Wellcome Wing focusing on contemporary science.
From Nature ● Sep. 11, 2019
Last I heard, Melania had successfully skived off on a weekend trip to Camp David.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 3, 2018
The only time Lampard has admitted getting into trouble at school – Brentwood, a public school – was when he skived off to play in a youth cup game for West Ham.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2013
He must've skived off most days 'cause his empty desk became a sort of school joke.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
"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 ● May 24, 2025
"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 ● Jul. 28, 2021
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 ● Mar. 12, 2020
He had a profound effect on me, and helped me to hone my skiving skills at a crucial time in my life.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2018
“If Snape’s teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts again, I’m skiving off,” said Ron as they headed toward Lupin’s classroom after lunch.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
