shuffle off

shuf·fle  (shfl)

v. shuf·fled, shuf·fling, shuf·fles

v.tr.

1. To slide (the feet) along the floor or ground while walking.

2. To move (something) from one place to another; transfer or shift.

3. To put aside or under cover quickly; shunt: shuffled the bill under a pile of junk mail.

4. To mix together; jumble.

5. To mix together (playing cards or tiles, for example) so as to make a random order of arrangement.

v.intr.

1. To move with short sliding steps, without or barely lifting the feet: The crowd shuffled out of the theater.

2. To dance casually with sliding and tapping steps.

3. To move about from place to place; shift: shuffled around looking for work.

4. To act in a shifty or deceitful manner; equivocate.

5. Games To mix playing cards, tiles, or dominoes together so as to make their order random.

n.

1. A short sliding step or movement, or a walk characterized by such steps.

2. A dance in which the feet slide along or move close to the floor.

3. An evasive or deceitful action; an equivocation.

4. A confused mixture; a jumble.

5. Games

a. An act of shuffling cards, dominoes, or tiles.

b. A player's right or turn to do this.

Phrasal Verb:

shuffle off

1. To get rid of; dispose of.

2. To evade or shirk (a responsibility, for example).

3. Informal To leave; depart.

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[Middle English shovelen, probably of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin.]

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shuffler n.

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shuffle off

vb

(tr, adverb) to thrust off or put aside shuffle off responsibility

Translations

? shuffle off

vt sep skin, dress → abstreifen; (fig) worries, fear → ablegen; responsibility → abwälzen, abschieben (→ onto auf +acc); to shuffle off this mortal coil (euph) → die sterbliche Hülle ablegen or abstreifen