I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shuffle your feet (= make small movements with them, because you are nervous or impatient )
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Ken shuffled his feet and looked down at the floor.
shuffled off this mortal coil (= died )
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when Hubbard shuffled off this mortal coil
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■ ADVERB
along
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I stay a few feet behind, watching the three of them shuffle along at a ten-month-old's pace.
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Twelve feet high, cube in shape, not very smart or nimble, but it did shuffle along slowly.
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The bird shuffled along its perch.
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They seemed not so much to walk as to shuffle along on their patched boots.
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Getting the hands forward might involve a little arm over arm shuffling along the boom.
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Man shuffled along over the cold floors, some dressed in grey prison-issue pyjamas, others bare-chested or in boxer shorts.
around
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They shuffled around on the wire, blinking at Reynolds in their hundreds as he was led past.
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At some point, you may be struggling to evade a migraine from all the claustrophobic shuffling around .
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This shuffling around of genes greatly complicates the analysis of evolution.
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He shuffled around for the pack.
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On this view, the original deposit is merely shuffled around , split up and shuffled around again.
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From the top it looked like an elaborate dance, four arms entwined, four legs shuffling around and between each other.
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On this view, the original deposit is merely shuffled around , split up and shuffled around again.
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He then shuffled around the room cupping his hand around the chimneys and blowing out one lamp after another.
away
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Ruth heard the old footsteps shuffling away .
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Mrs Cohen shuffles away , then turns and waves at me encouragingly.
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I shuffled away and at the bottom of the stairs the back of my hand accidentally knocked the rail, hard.
back
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This allows the machine-chisel to shuffle back and forth, stepping down to full depth.
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Imagine trying to shuffle back and forth between four maps on a breezy day.
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I jab his fist, deflecting it as I shuffle back .
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I could shuffle forward and shuffle back .
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Instead of running, I shuffle back , as taught.
forward
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They shuffled forward in a dazed manner holding hands, their labels hanging round their necks.
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I could shuffle forward and shuffle back.
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He quickly shuffled forward on his knees to keep up.
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Mavis shuffled forward to hear them talk.
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Every ten minutes, when Mr Rowse was working, the line would shuffle forward one place.
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One of the giants shuffled forward , a ring of keys in his huge fist.
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I began to shuffle forward , hands stretched out in front.
in
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As we walk out to our cars, Peter shuffles in beside me, telling me about his children.
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The hundred-odd beneficiaries who shuffle in are largely men, white, some surprisingly young.
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A stream of feature writers was always shuffling in and out, lining up if there were others ahead of them.
off
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He turned around and saw the first Stillman shuffling off in the other direction.
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Meanwhile, he shuffled off towards the tube station and Chancery Lane.
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We watched it together, and then she sort of shuffled off , so I did, too.
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As the old man shuffled off into the drizzle Henry quickened his pace.
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He looked embarrassed when I said it, but genuinely gratified, and then be shuffled off without a single word more.
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The attendant, now adding a sulk to his sullenness, had shuffled off to the kitchen area.
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Watching him shuffle off to the press room, I felt sorry for poor Feels.
out
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Wrapped up like onions we shuffle out over the frozen ground; prop up the line where our sheets are flagging.
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She shuffles out when she hears some one walking by.
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The tall hunchbacked figure of Bert Midgeley came shuffling out .
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They eat in total silence and shuffle out again.
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But he just shook his head, sucked his teeth and shuffled out .
over
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He shuffled over towards the corner and collapsed on to a comfortable sofa.
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Fifi shuffled over and stood behind her, eager to share in the bounty.
■ NOUN
coil
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Morse and Meldrew both shuffled off this mortal coil and the telly world is diminished by their passing.
foot
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Limitations aside, Tagliabue still has it all over Bud Selig, who puts a foot down only to shuffle obsequiously.
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People were coughing, fanning themselves with programs as their feet shuffled under the creaking metal chairs.
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Then his feet turned, and shuffled a few steps, and began climbing the long staircase home.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I heard Bob shuffling around the kitchen in his slippers.
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She shuffled her pile of papers, then began to speak.
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Supporting herself on Ali's arm, the old woman shuffled towards the door.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bob Dole, or another Republican, end up shuffling toward the middle.
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People shuffle past, giving us a wide berth.
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She shuffles out when she hears some one walking by.
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They shuffled forward in a dazed manner holding hands, their labels hanging round their necks.
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Twelve feet high, cube in shape, not very smart or nimble, but it did shuffle along slowly.
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With wide, blank eyes he shuffled towards them.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
get
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And in our sandwich, the grated cheese, when melted, got lost in the shuffle of the other ingredients.
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The theory, however, broke down; both customers and employees got lost in the shuffle .
lose
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And in our sandwich, the grated cheese, when melted, got lost in the shuffle of the other ingredients.
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The theory, however, broke down; both customers and employees got lost in the shuffle .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The latest management shuffle involved the heads of sales, finance, and personnel.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And in our sandwich, the grated cheese, when melted, got lost in the shuffle of the other ingredients.
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Hold, nudge, spin, kick, shuffle , double, win, lose.
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I could imagine tight kimonos, vulnerable shuffles, and decorative combs.
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I saw him doing a side shuffle to the main entrance as we all trooped along here.
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No time for shuffle , shuffle, shuffle, or slow-as-molasses soliloquies.
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Some shuffle and bustle along, with stiff, tense movements, head poking forward.
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The shareholding shuffle is likely to have been provoked by Philip Morris which is thought to have lost interest in Rothmans.
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The theory, however, broke down; both customers and employees got lost in the shuffle .