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Collocations for shuffle - verb

1. walk by sliding your feet along

ADVERB

quickly, slowly
awkwardly
Simon shuffled awkwardly up to them.
quietly
along, away, back, forward, off, out, over, sideways
The crowd shuffled slowly forward.
He slowly shuffled over to the bathroom.

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PREPOSITION

across, down, into, out of, towards/toward, etc.

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2. move your body/feet around

ADVERB

nervously, uncomfortably, uneasily
She shuffled nervously on the bench.
about (esp. BrE), around
The boys shuffled around uncomfortably.

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PHRASES

shuffle from foot to foot, shuffle from one foot to the other
shuffle in your chair, shuffle in your seat

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Shuffle is used with these nouns as the subject:
foot

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Shuffle is used with these nouns as the object:
card, foot, pack, paper

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