Collocations for "shrug"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "shrug" in context.
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shrug
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [rhetorical, quick, hopeless] shrug
- gave a shrug of [resignation, indifference]
- offered an apologetic shrug
- gave his shoulders a shrug
- a shrug to say "I don't know"
- [replied, answered] with a shrug of the shoulders
- with a shrug of his shoulders
- shrug your shoulders
- shrug off [problems, insults, the effects]
- shrug them off
- shrug in [reply, response, return]
- shrug with [indifference, disinterest]
- shrug at [him, the insult, the comment]
- shrug through the [wind, cold, storm]
- shrug in the [wind]
'shrug' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):