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to shirk one's duties

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  • One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest — by Ken Kesey (1962)    This novel is ken kesey’s first and most commercially successful novel. The immediate success of this work pushed the young author into the countercultural spotlight where he would serve as a bridge between the earlier… …   Encyclopedia of Beat Literature

  • List of gairaigo and wasei-eigo terms — This is a selected list of gairaigo, Japanese words originating or based on foreign language (generally Western) terms, including wasei eigo (Japanese pseudo Anglicisms). Many derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal s early role in Japanese… …   Wikipedia

  • goof off — v. i. To shirk one s duties; to avoid work by relaxing or performing idle activities. [Informal] [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bunk off — Verb. To shirk one s duties. A common adolescent s term for avoiding school lessons …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • swing the lead — Vrb phrs. To waste time, to shirk one s duties. E.g. Come on Mark, stop swinging the lead, there s work to do …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • goof — ☆ goof [go͞of ] Informal n. [prob. < dial. goff < Fr goffe, stupid < It goffo] 1. a stupid, silly, or credulous person 2. a mistake; blunder vi. 1. to make a mistake; blunder, fail, etc.: often with up 2. to waste time, shirk one s… …   English World dictionary

  • dodge — vb Dodge, parry, sidestep, duck, shirk, fence, malinger are comparable when meaning to avoid or evade by some maneuver or shift. Dodge implies quickness of movement or a sudden evasive shift of position (as in avoiding a blow or pursuit) {they… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Idolatry — The Adoration of the Golden Calf by Nicolas Poussin. Idolatry is a pejorative term for the worship of an idol, a physical object such as a cult image, as a god,[1] or practices believed to verge on worship, such as giving undue honour and regard… …   Wikipedia

  • duty — n. obligation service 1) to assume, take on a duty 2) to carry out, discharge, do, perform one s duty 3) to shirk one s duty 4) an ethical, moral; legal; painful, unpleasant; pleasant duty 5) a civic; official; patriotic; professional duty ;… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • bludge — [c]/blʌdʒ / (say bluj) Colloquial –verb (bludged, bludging) –verb (i) 1. to evade responsibilities. 2. to be idle; do nothing: we spent Saturday just bludging around the house. 3. → pimp (def. 4). –verb (t) 4. to cadge. –noun 5. a job which… …  

  • duty — noun 1 sth that you have to do because it is right or expected ADJECTIVE ▪ contractual, legal, statutory (esp. BrE) ▪ Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. ▪ fiduciary ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

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