shuffle sth off
literary— phrasal verb with shuffle uk/ˈʃʌf.əl/us/ˈʃʌf.əl/verb
to get rid of something unwanted, usually by giving it to someone else:
Not until this turbulent region can shuffle off the burdens of the past will it be able to settle peacefully into the community of nations.
The local authority may then try to shuffle these responsibilities off onto another authority.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Removing and getting rid of things
- abandon
- banish
- be scattered to the four winds idiom
- bin
- cast sb/sth aside/away/off
- flay
- fling sth/sb out
- flush sth out
- fly-tipping
- free sb from/of sth
- junk
- pension
- scrap
- shuffle
- throw the baby out with the bathwater idiom
- toss sth aside
- toss sth out
- turf sth out
- unplug
- weed
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