In North America when a person shrugs his shoulders it means "I don't know".
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Shrugs
/ʃɹʌɡz/
Synonyms for "shrugs" (9 found)
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11 entriesapologetic shrugcropped shrugdefensive shrugdismissive behaviorknitted shruglace shrugnonverbal cuerefusal to engagesarcastic shrugshoulder shrugsilk shrug
Collocations
10 entriesdefensive shrugdismissive gesturegesture of uncertaintyindifference gestureindifferent shrugmuted shrugnonverbal cuesarcastic shrugshoulder shrugshrug gesture
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I thought he'd blow when she started giving him guff, but no -- he shrugs and says "You got a point."
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