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Skive By, Skive-By or Skiveby (Skive - A British slang word for for evading a responsibility or task, avoiding work by staying away or leaving early; it's often heard in the form "skive off") Based on word Drive-By (as in Drive-by shooting) To visit your parents or friend(s) for a favour (usually money, possibly drugs) of purely selfish and non-essential nature.Say, to borrow money to spend on a night out with friends rather than for urgent bills or an emergency. To visit someone purely for self gain , to get something, rather than out of niceness or friendship
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