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shirk
 
VERB:1. To pass time without working or in avoiding work: bum1 (around), idle, laze, loaf, loiter, lounge. Slang : diddle2, goldbrick, goof (off). See INDUSTRIOUS. 2. To avoid the fulfillment of: disregard, neglect, slack. Idioms: let slide. See DO.
 
 
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