Shirked

verb

verb ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of shirk form-of, participle, past

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avoiddodgegoldbrickabandonbackpedalbackwater

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"When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch's statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long."

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