Synonyms for shirk
ʃɜrkshirk

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1. fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrickverb

   avoid (one's assigned duties)

   "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"

   Synonyms:
   monkey, con, play, rook, tinker, bunco, swindle, shrink from, toy, tamper, nobble, gyp, goldbrick, victimize, scam, fiddle, hornswoggle, diddle, gip, short-change, defraud, mulct

2. shirkverb

   avoid dealing with

   "She shirks her duties"

   Synonyms:
   shrink from, goldbrick, fiddle

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1. shirkverb

   Synonyms:
   avoid (in a mean way), evade, get off from

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1. shirkverb

   Synonyms:
   avoid, evade, neglect

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1. List of paraphrases for "shirk":

   evade, escape, circumvent, avoid, elude

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How to use shirk in a sentence?

1. Hillary Clinton:

   These efforts to shirk U.S. tax obligations leave American taxpayers holding the bag while corporations juice more revenues and profits , i have a detailed and targeted plan to immediately put a stop to inversions and invest in the U.S., block deals like Johnson Controls and Tyco, and place an 'exit tax' on corporations that leave the country to lower their tax bill.

2. Marco Rubio:

   What I appreciate about Bernie is he's not trying to shirk from it, it's what he believes in. He's honest about it.

3. Nadiya Savchenko:

   One gets the impression that lawmakers are like lazy schoolchildren who shirk their work.

4. Rahm Emanuel:

   I'm responsible. I don't shirk that responsibility.

5. Mark Twain:

   Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let me label you as they may.