Definitions

shuffle off

VERB

avoid

Synonyms

STRONGEST

avert bypass dodge escape evade fend off shun sidestep ward off

STRONG

abstain circumvent deflect desist ditch divert duck elude eschew flee hide jump obviate recoil shake shirk shy skip skirt weave withdraw

WEAK

circumlocute cold-shoulder fake out give the slip hold off keep clear lay low run for cover shake and bake shake off shrink from skip out on skip town stay away stay out steer clear of step aside turn aside

Antonyms

STRONGEST

face meet

STRONG

allow help permit stay take on

WEAK

seek want

VERB

foil

Synonyms

STRONGEST

counter curb elude frustrate hinder nullify prevent thwart

STRONG

baffle balk beat bilk bollix buffalo check checkmate crab cramp crimp dash defeat disappoint disconcert ditch dodge duck faze juke outwit rattle restrain shake skip stop stymie

WEAK

foul up get around give the runaround give the slip hang up run circles around run rings around shake off throw monkey wrench in upset the apple cart

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid allow assist encourage facilitate forward help

STRONG

abet calm face inspirit liberate lose meet placate release soothe surrender

VERB

goldbrick

Synonyms

STRONG

bum cheat creep dodge dog duck elude eschew evade fence laze loaf loiter lounge lurk malinger parry pussyfoot quit shirk shun sidestep skulk slack slink

WEAK

get around lie down on job slough off

Antonyms

STRONG

confront do encounter face meet take on

VERB

shirk

Synonyms

STRONG

bypass cheat creep dodge dog duck elude eschew evade fence goldbrick lurk malinger parry pussyfoot quit shun sidestep skulk slack slink snake sneak steal

WEAK

get around lie down on job slough off

Antonyms

STRONG

confront encounter face meet take on

WEAK

Example Sentences

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Do not be fooled by suggestions Australia have unveiled a list of geriatrics, ready to shuffle off to a cricketing retirement home, tending the garden in their baggy green caps.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

One has chosen to shuffle off this mortal coil.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

What is it that we will remember from our lives before we all shuffle off this mortal coil?

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023

While some shrews shuffle off this mortal coil in less than 14 months, bowhead whales can swim in Arctic waters for more than two centuries.

From Scientific American • Jan. 31, 2023

Off we’re gonna shuffle, shuffle off to Buffalo- ho-ho .

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

shuffle off

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