shuffle off

Example Sentences

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"Maybe, by the time I shuffle off this mortal coil, there might be a little more awareness… of the need to bring things back together again," he says.

From BBC

Lawrence: Having been there, I was always blown away, when somebody announces their retirement, you expect them to shuffle off into the ether.

From Los Angeles Times

“Let’s go,” he says to his cronies, and they shuffle off.

From Literature

Do not be fooled by suggestions Australia have unveiled a list of geriatrics, ready to shuffle off to a cricketing retirement home, tending the garden in their baggy green caps.

From BBC

For months now, withdrawing money has become almost a second job, with employees forced to take off from work to queue before banks, even as the lack of liquidity is strangling a ravaged economy struggling to shuffle off nearly 14 years of civil war.

From Los Angeles Times