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shrug

Definition:

(nou) a gesture involving the shoulders

Phonetic Transcription:

ʃrʌɡ

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At the same time, they shrug the shoulders.

To oppose renaming is to shrug our shoulders at acts of inhumanity.

I was the first to shrug with futility.

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