shuffling off
Slipping away unnoticed
Shuffling off means departing or leaving, often with a sense of reluctance, weariness, or quiet exit: The guests shuffled off after midnight.
The phrase carries connotations of slow, dragging movement.
To shuffle off this mortal coil, from Shakespeare's Hamlet, means to die—shedding earthly existence as one might remove a garment.
- letting goReleasing one's grasp
- shuffling gaitFeet-dragging walk pattern
- limpLacking firmness or rigidity
- dragResistance through fluid
- stoopSmall entry porch
mortality · relinquishing · letting loose · resignation · sliding · Buffalo · forsaking · impermanence · transcendence · finality · passing on · final rest · existence · abandoning · slippers · old age · worn out · melancholy
arrival vs. departure
shuffling offarriving
Reaching a destination
entering · coming in · showing up · appearing · turning up