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词汇 duck-shove
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Definition of duck-shove in English:

duck-shove

verb
[with object]Australian, NZ informal

  • Avoid or evade (a responsibility or issue)

    〈澳/新西兰，非正式〉逃避，躲避，回避（责任，问题）

    this sniping and duck-shoving between county councils and the Electricity Commission should cease
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They and were happy to duck-shove responsibility for the fiasco that is the Queensland electricity supply system to executives and managers.
    • Stop trying to duck shove your problems on the community
    • You cannot duck shove this off to the UN and everyone else you can think of.
    • It is buck-passing and duck-shoving, and at the end of the day there is a whole list of victims.
    Synonyms
    shirk, dodge, evade, avoid, steer clear of, run away from, elude, escape, find a way out of, back out of, pull out of, shun, eschew, miss

Derivatives

  • duck shover

    • noun
    NZ, Australian informal
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