skive off

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w>skive off

vi (Brit inf) → sich abseilen (sl), → sich drücken (inf)
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ONE in five TV viewers skive off work to binge-watch their favourite show to find out what happened.
1 in five Brits take a sickie for TV binge; Viewers hooked on shows confess
'How many sick days do I get?' - This sounds as though you want to skive off.
Worst questions you can ask in a job interview - how to put off future bosses; What you really, really shouldn't ask when a potential boss says: "And have you got any questions for us?"
No one would notice if you decided to skive off today.
YOUR HOROSCOPE
You may as well skive off work, even if you miss various meetings.
YOUR HOROSCOPE WITH
It is normal practice for municipality workers -- not just in Paphos -- to skive off work and everyone is at it because no action is taken against them.
Our View: Well done to Paphos mayor for standing up against workers' 'right'
ENGLAND new boy Charlie Austin used to skive off work as a bricklayer to practise his shooting skills, his best pal has revealed.
Austin skived off building site for footy
Seems to me most of the services just use the weather as an excuse to skive off.
Bad weather is used as excuse; Letters
A poll of 3000 British staff by Moneysupermarket Shopping found that one in 10 workers in the UK plan to skive off. And one in six will take more than an hour for their lunch break to shop.
Sickie days soar to go shopping
And if they dodge the placement or skive off they will lose three months of Jobseekers' allowance.
WORKSHY TO GET 30 DAYS HARD LABOUR; Scroungers hit with benefits clampdown: EXCLUSIVE
Meanwhile, Belle convinces Will to skive off school so he can keep her company when she tries to pay Lisa a visit in prison.
EMMERDALE
A STUDY of 1,920 employees in the UK has revealed that the number one reason men skive off work is to spend some quality time with their games console, with a third of all sick days, genuine or not, resulting in time spent playing video games.
Skivers are often just playing games
Tax-payers are coughing up for lazy lags to enjoy pay-outs at Easter, Christmas, and other national holidays, while they skive off work.
Sunday Mercury SAYS: Lazy lags need real hard work
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