"shift the deckchairs on the Titanic" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: shifts the deckchairs on the Titanic [present, singular, third-person], shifting the deckchairs on the Titanic [participle, present], shifted the deckchairs on the Titanic [participle, past], shifted the deckchairs on the Titanic [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} shift the deckchairs on the Titanic (third-person singular simple present shifts the deckchairs on the Titanic, present participle shifting the deckchairs on the Titanic, simple past and past participle shifted the deckchairs on the Titanic)
  1. Alternative form of rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic
    Sense id: en-shift_the_deckchairs_on_the_Titanic-en-verb--yXTJBJU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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