shuffle something off Definition

shuffle
verb shuffled, shuffling

tr & intr
1. To move or drag (one's feet) with short quick sliding steps; to walk in this fashion.

Thesaurus: scuffle, scuff, hobble, limp, scrape.
intr
2. To shamble or walk awkwardly.
3. To rearrange or mix up roughly or carelessly.

Example: shuffle papers
Thesaurus: mix up, rearrange, change, confuse, jumble, shift, intermix.
tr & intr
4. To jumble up (playing cards) randomly.
5. To put surreptitiously, evasively, scramblingly or in confusion.

Form: shuffle out, in, off (usually)
6. To manipulate unfairly and deceptively.

noun

1. An act or sound of shuffling.
2. A short quick sliding of the feet in dancing.

Derivative: shuffler
noun

Etymology: 16c: from German schuffeln.

Phrasal Verb: shuffle something off

To throw or thrust it aside; to wriggle out of it.
Example: shuffle off problems