shuffle off

shuffle off
transitive verb
: to get rid of : push away : shirk

when we have shuffled off this mortal coil — Shakespeare

shuffle off the heavy burden of our guilt — Richard Chase

teachers cannot … shuffle off their responsibility — C.I.Glicksberg

: to be on one's way : mosey along

let him shuffle off to the wilderness — J.B.Priestley

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shuffle off
To thrust aside, put off, wriggle out of
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Main Entry:shuffle

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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