shuffle off this mortal coil

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Euph. to die. (Often jocular or formal euphemism. Not often used in consoling someone.) Cousin Fred shuffled off this mortal coil after suffering a heart attack. When I shuffle off this mortal coil, I want to go out in style—bells, flowers, and a long, boring funeral.

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If anything, she blames me for the machine's decision to hasten its shuffle off this mortal coil by ingesting half a pound of ripped socks and shirt buttons. Rice to see you to see you rice! MALE BOX by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) Byline: Maurice Fitzmaurice IT's comforting to know that the economic crisis won't end when we shuffle off this mortal coil. A dead cert way to make serious cash by The Mirror (London, England) The mum - or dad - shaped space left by their departure will never be filled, whether they shuffle off this mortal coil when you're in your 20s or 40s or even 60s. My mum hasn't really gone at all by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			show the door show the ropes show the way show to a seat show to good advantage show true colors show up show up as show what are made of show who's boss shower shower with shrift shrink shrinking violet shroud shroud in Shrouds have no pockets shrug shrug off shrug shoulders shuck shuck off shucks! shuffle shuffle off this mortal coil shush shut shut down Shut face! shut off shut out shut the door on Shut the stable door after the horse has bolted shut up Shut up about it shut up like a clam shut up shop Shut up! Shut your cake hole! shuttle shuttle diplomacy shuttle from shy shy away shy away from shy of sic on sick sick as a dog sick at heart			shucks! SHUCS shudder shudder shuddered shuddering shudderingly Shudderless Freering Tripod Joint shudders shuddery Shude shudhi Shudokan Martial Arts Association shudra shudra Shudras Shudras Shue Yan University SHUFE shuff shuffle shuffle shuffle shuffle Shuffle board Shuffle board shuffle into shuffle into shuffle off shuffle off shuffle off this mortal coil shuffle play Shuffle Sudden Step Step Revolution Shuffle tracking Shuffle Up And Deal Shuffle-board Shuffle-board shuffleboard shuffleboard Shufflecap shuffled shuffled shuffled Shuffled deck shuffled into shuffled into Shuffled Iterative Decoding shuffled off shuffled off shuffled off this mortal coil shuffled off this mortal coil shuffled off this mortal coil shuffled off this mortal coil shuffled out shuffled out shuffled through shuffled through shuffler shuffler shuffler shufflers

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