shuffle off
verb
Definition of 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
intransitive verb
: to be on one's way : mosey along let him shuffle off to the wilderness — J. B. Priestley
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