"shuffle off this mortal coil" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-shuffle off this mortal coil.ogg [Australia] Forms: shuffles off this mortal coil [present, singular, third-person], shuffling off this mortal coil [participle, present], shuffled off this mortal coil [participle, past], shuffled off this mortal coil [past]
Etymology: From Hamlet by William Shakespeare, see mortal coil. Etymology templates: {{m|en|mortal coil}} mortal coil Head templates: {{en-verb|shuffle<> off this mortal coil}} shuffle off this mortal coil (third-person singular simple present shuffles off this mortal coil, present participle shuffling off this mortal coil, simple past and past participle shuffled off this mortal coil)
  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To die; to divest oneself of one's mortal body. Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic Categories (topical): Death, William Shakespeare Synonyms: die

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