Thesaurus / shirk
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Shirk said this contributed to China taking a more active role internationally, which hasn’t always been well-received.
WHY BLAMING CHINA FOR THE PANDEMIC PROBABLY WON’T HELP TRUMP WINLIKHITHA BUTCHIREDDYGARI (LIKHITHA.BUTCHIREDDYGARI@DISNEY.COM)JULY 28, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTTom held to his strange belief to 'Let it all come,' he would not try to prevent; he would neither shirk nor dodge.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODYou'll work your passage back to fitness quicker than an arm ever did before, you pale-faced shirk!
RED PEPPER BURNSGRACE S. RICHMONDHe patted Dorothy on the shoulder and would not permit her to shirk his praise.
HIDDEN GOLDWILDER ANTHONYThe situation was a critical one, but Steve's was not a nature to shirk responsibilities or shun sacrifices.
THE GENTLE ART OF COOKING WIVESELIZABETH STRONG WORTHINGTONEvelyn was fairly good at school; it was not, she considered, worth her while any longer to 322 shirk her lessons.
A VERY NAUGHTY GIRLL. T. MEADEHis timidity, and his conscience also, would both be too potent to allow him to shirk the nuisance of Gatherum altogether.
THE PRIME MINISTERANTHONY TROLLOPEOur life, our morals, are affecting our children for weal or woe, whether we realise or shirk the fact.
THE QUIVER 3/1900ANONYMOUSA soldier came to hospital; a man of good character, long service, and known never to shirk duty.
RECOLLECTIONS OF THIRTY-NINE YEARS IN THE ARMYCHARLES ALEXANDER GORDONConstant languor from the new heat has made me shirk all exertion not imperative.
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE, VOL. II (OF 3)GEORGE ELIOTWORDS RELATED TO SHIRK
- alit
- avoided
- beaten it
- been off
- begoned
- broken out
- bugged off
- buzzed off
- clear out
- decamped
- departed
- dodged
- ducked
- egressed
- evacuated
- evaded
- exited
- extricate oneself
- fled
- flown
- free oneself
- gone
- hightailed
- kited
- left
- made tracks
- run away
- scrammed
- shirked
- shunned
- skedaddled
- split
- taken a hike
- taken off
- vacated
- vamoosed
- withdrawn
- be inactive
- be indolent
- be slothful
- be unoccupied
- bum
- bum around
- dally
- dillydally
- do nothing
- dream
- drift
- evade
- fool around
- fritter away
- goldbrick
- hang out
- kill time
- knock around
- let down
- lie
- loaf
- loiter
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around
- malinger
- not lift a finger
- pass time
- piddle
- relax
- saunter
- shirk
- sit around
- slack
- slow down
- stall
- stand around
- stroll
- take it easy
- trifle
- twiddle thumbs
- vegetate
- waste time
- while away hours
- be inactive
- be indolent
- be slothful
- be unoccupied
- bum
- bum around
- dally
- dillydally
- dream
- drift
- evade
- fool around
- fritter away
- goldbrick
- hang out
- kill time
- knock around
- let down
- lie
- loaf
- loiter
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around
- malinger
- not lift a finger
- pass time
- piddle
- relax
- saunter
- shirk
- sit around
- slack
- slow down
- stall
- stand around
- stroll
- take it easy
- trifle
- twiddle thumbs
- vegetate
- waste time
- while away hours
- be inactive
- be indolent
- be slothful
- be unoccupied
- bum
- bum around
- dally
- dillydally
- dream
- drift
- evade
- fool around
- fritter away
- goldbrick
- hang out
- idle
- kill time
- knock around
- laze
- let down
- lie
- loiter
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around
- malinger
- not lift a finger
- pass time
- piddle
- relax
- saunter
- shirk
- sit around
- slack
- slow down
- stall
- stand around
- stroll
- take it easy
- trifle
- twiddle thumbs
- vegetate
- waste time
- while away hours
- be careless
- be derelict
- be irresponsible
- be negligent
- be remiss
- bypass
- defer
- discard
- dismiss
- disregard
- elide
- evade
- gloss over
- let pass
- let slide
- look the other way
- lose sight of
- miss
- not trouble oneself
- omit
- overleap
- overlook
- overpass
- pass over
- postpone
- procrastinate
- shirk
- skimp
- skip
- suspend
- think little of
- trifle
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