verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
neglect/shirk your duties (= not do your job properly )
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No soldier can be allowed to neglect his duties.
shirk responsibility (= not accept a duty you should accept )
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He doesn't shirk responsibility.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
duty
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Any man shirking his duty would be shot on the spot.
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Still, it was known that a very few had shirked their duty , and an example was necessary.
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But we are not shirking our duty as tipsters.
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And George Markham had never shirked his duty .
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He may not exercise his rights or he may shirk his duties , but he can not forgo them.
responsibility
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And she did not shirk her responsibility .
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I think we are going to find that the Allies shirked their responsibilities .
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Many superiors acknowledged that some of the most experienced sales managers shirked these responsibilities of leadership.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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John doesn't want to go to war, but he won't shirk his duty.
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Our father never shirked his responsibilities.
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We don't want anyone shirking round here -- everyone is expected to earn their pay.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although I do not want to shirk labor, I did not come here just to work.
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Any man shirking his duty would be shot on the spot.
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Because shareholders can not tell how hard managers are exerting themselves on their behalf, managers have an incentive to shirk .
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But I can tell you, no one shirked and discipline was strict.
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But we are not shirking our duty as tipsters.
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I think we are going to find that the Allies shirked their responsibilities.
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She never wanted to shirk anything, she was always ready.
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Still, it was known that a very few had shirked their duty, and an example was necessary.