"tidy one's sock drawer" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tidies one's sock drawer [present, singular, third-person], tidying one's sock drawer [participle, present], tidied one's sock drawer [participle, past], tidied one's sock drawer [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tidy one's sock drawer (third-person singular simple present tidies one's sock drawer, present participle tidying one's sock drawer, simple past and past participle tidied one's sock drawer)
  1. To do, or supposedly do, a mundane and unimportant activity as an excuse to avoid something onerous or unappealing.
    Sense id: en-tidy_one's_sock_drawer-en-verb-aKhutOLY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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          "text": "My tax return has to be completed today, but I feel a sudden urge to tidy my sock drawer.",
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          "text": "That guy at work asked me to a party on Saturday, but I think I'm tidying my sock drawer that night.",
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          "excuse",
          "excuse#English"
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