English to Afrikaans Meaning of shirk - onttrekken

Shirk :

onttrekken

verb

onttrekken, bly af, Shun, hou af

Shirk :: onttrekkenShirked :: shirkedShirker :: plichtverzakerShirkers :: shirkersShirking :: ontduikShirks :: shirks

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Definitions of shirk in English

Verb(1) avoid (one's assigned duties(2) avoid dealing with

Examples of shirk in English

(1) we will not shirk from closing a school if the evidence should justify it(2) they didn't shirk(3) their sole motive is to shirk responsibility and rip off the company(4) I do not shirk any responsibility in this matter(5) His status as a shirk would normally render him somewhat of a pariah.(6) The boy was a shirk , anyway, so he wouldn't really be missed.(7) We will do so without shirking our responsibility to the people of this district.(8) Soon they were slacking off in school, shirking responsibilities, and turning to harder drugs for a better high.(9) The root cause is specialization amongst the lower ranks in the Force, which is a cover for shirking responsibility.(10) ├ö├ç├┐It is a matter of law and not of fact,├ö├ç├û she said, adding that in her opinion, to decline to hear the matter would be shirking her responsibility as a judge.(11) I'd rather just loudly insist that people who favor war go fight in it themselves or be damned as showboaters and shirkers .(12) I can never be accused of shirking my responsibilities.(13) Insightful without being pedantic, learned but not overbearing, the book is full of humorous anecdotes while never shirking the factual responsibility of the historian.(14) ├ö├ç├┐The government has steered clear of the problem and shirked its duty,├ö├ç├û he said.(15) If not, they are shirking their duty - both to the national defense and to the very goal of diversity that they profess to cherish.(16) Whatever the detail of the debates over incapacity benefit, there is no doubt that his sympathies do not lie with those he would consider shirkers .

(1) shire horse ::

shire perd

Synonyms

Verb

1. evade ::

ontduik

2. avoid one's duty ::

vermy 'n mens se plig

3. goldbrick ::

zwendeltruk

Antonyms

1. remember ::

onthou

Different Forms

shirk, shirked, shirker, shirkers, shirking, shirks

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