shirkverb [ I or T ]
uk/ʃɜːk/us/ʃɝːk/disapprovingto avoid work, duties, or responsibilities, especially if they are difficult or unpleasant:
If you shirk your responsibilities/duties now, the situation will be much harder to deal with next month.
 I will not shirk from my obligations.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Avoiding action
- avoid
 - avoid sth like the plague idiom
 - avoidance
 - bottle
 - bottle out
 - flinch
 - flinch from sth/doing sth
 - fudge
 - get out of sth
 - get-out clause
 - insure
 - shrink
 - sit on your arse idiom
 - skip out on sb/sth
 - stand around
 - stand by
 - stand round
 - steer
 - welch
 - welsh
 
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