shuffled off
Slipped away unnoticed
Shuffled off means departed or left, usually with a sense of evasion or quiet withdrawal.
To shuffle off responsibility is to pass it to someone else; to shuffle off a burden is to rid yourself of it.
The phrase shuffle off this mortal coil, from Shakespeare's Hamlet, means to die—to leave behind the troubles of earthly existence.
- shrug offDismiss as unimportant
- cast asideReject or discard
- cast offRelease or discard
- exitWay to leave
- deathCessation of life
abandon · sneak off · snuck out · passing · slip away · forsake · relinquish · demise · retreat · expiration · jettison · abscond · escape · eternal rest · final curtain · withdrawal · dispose of · mortal coil
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
life status
shuffled offwas born
Came into existence
came into being · came to life · arrived · survived · emerged