shuffle off

verb

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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