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Verb

To remove the (natural) skin or outer covering of

To tease, typically in a good-natured way

To avoid providing a clear answer or statement

To remove one's robes or clothing

To gain an advantage or profit by using unfair or deceitful methods

To throw away (something unwanted or useless)

The shell or husk, especially of grains or nuts

A cunning trick or dishonest act with the intent to deceive

Someone or something that is inadequate and made fun of

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To remove the (natural) skin or outer covering of

remove the shells from

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“He spent many a day helping his mother shuck walnuts.”

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To tease, typically in a good-natured way

satirise^UK

satirize^US

play a practical joke

play a practical joke on

treat disrespectfully

lead up the garden path

have a joke on somebody

make someone a laughing stock

expose to ridicule

rail at

poke borack

make a laughing-stock

slander

libel

defame

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

hurt somebody's feelings

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To avoid providing a clear answer or statement

baulk^UK

balk^US

dance around an issue

put off

slip out

sneak away

worm one's way out of

slip through your fingers

temporize^US

temporise^UK

slip through the net of

baffle

stay away from

lead on a merry chase

break away from

escape the clutches of

outmaneuver^US

keep one's distance from

have nothing to do with

keep out of the way of

extricate oneself from

duck out of the way of

swerve away from

get out of the way of

give someone the brush-off

give someone the go-by

cut dead

give the cold shoulder to

pay little attention to

leave something undone

give something a miss

let well enough alone

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To remove one's robes or clothing

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To gain an advantage or profit by using unfair or deceitful methods

victimise^UK

victimize^US

lead up the garden path

give someone a bum steer

sell a bill of goods to

do someone in the eye

pull the wool over someone's eyes

outmaneuver^US

lead down the garden path

use for one's own ends

live off the backs of

throw dust in someone's eyes

balk^US

baulk^UK

bleed someone of something

take unfair advantage of

twist around your little finger

put on the wrong track

give wrong information to

send on a wild goose chase

throw off the scent

put up smoke screen

give the wrong impression

terrorize^US

attack

terrorise^UK

give the business

take advantage of somebody

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

do someone out of something

worm something out of someone

put the bite on someone for

blackmail someone for

make pay through nose

exploit a loophole in

tamper with

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To throw away (something unwanted or useless)

exorcise^UK

exorcize^US

axe^UK

ax^US

throw on the scrapheap

knock something on the head

consign to scrap heap

file in circular file

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Noun

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The shell or husk, especially of grains or nuts

armor^US

armour^UK

mold^US

mould^UK

defence^UK

defense^US

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“At that point, the walnut shuck gently opens and, while still attached to the tree, drops a smooth-shelled walnut to the ground.”

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A cunning trick or dishonest act with the intent to deceive

manoeuvre^UK

maneuver^US

pretence^UK

pretense^US

every trick in the book

bit of sharp practice

oldest trick in the book

hypocritical behaviour

phoney^UK

phony^US

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Noun

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Someone or something that is inadequate and made fun of

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