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                    as in to avoid
                                                
              
          
                                                      to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery                                       
              
                             you always try to shirk paying your fair share of the bill by claiming you "forgot" your wallet                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in to neglect
                                                
              
          
                                                      to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness                                       
              
                             a deadbeat who has been shirking his duty to his family for years                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in to lurk
                                                
              
          
                                                      to move about in a sly or secret manner                                       
              
                             given the multitude of auditoriums at the multiplex, it's not too difficult for underaged kids to shirk into R-rated movies                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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