~ (from) (sth / doing sth) to avoid doing sth you should do, especially because you are too lazy:
[V] Discipline in the company was strict and no one shirked. * A determined burglar will not shirk from breaking a window to gain entry. * [VN] She never shirked her responsibilities. [also V-ing]
shirker noun:
There is no room in our organization for shirkers.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for shirk is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is shirk a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, shirk is tagged as verb.
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