skive

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

skive [skive skives skived skiving] BrE [skaɪv] NAmE [skaɪv] verb intransitive, transitive (BrE, informal)
to avoid work or school by staying away or leaving early
Syn: ↑bunk off
•‘Where's Tom?’ ‘Skiving as usual.’
•~ off She always skives off early on Fridays.
•~ sth I skived the last lecture.
Derived Word: ↑skiver
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
early 20th cent.: perhaps from French esquiver ‘slink away’.

Example Bank:
•I always skived off school when I could.