shirk one's work

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• shirk — 1630s, to practice fraud or trickery, also a noun (1630s, now obs.) a disreputable parasite, perhaps from Ger. schurke scoundrel, rogue, knave, villain (see SHARK (Cf. shark)). Sense of evade one s work or duty first recorded 1785, originally in… …   Etymology dictionary

• shirk — 1. verb To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from. If you have a job, dont shirk from it and not show up at work. Syn: blow off, goldbrick 2 …   Wiktionary

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• shirk — v 1.(all of work, responsibility, etc.) evade, avoid, run from, dodge, whiffle, side step, elude, weasel out; shrink from, Inf. funk, blench at, blink at; sneak off, sneak out the back way, make oneself scarce, take off, take a walk; play truant …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• do one's bit — or[part] {v. phr.} To shoulder one s share of responsibility in a communal undertaking; shirk one s obligation. * / Let me go home and rest, fellows, John said. I think I ve done my bit for this project. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

• do one's bit — or[part] {v. phr.} To shoulder one s share of responsibility in a communal undertaking; shirk one s obligation. * / Let me go home and rest, fellows, John said. I think I ve done my bit for this project. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

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