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What does this mean: "shuffle up"? Is it an idiom or a phrasal verb?



 
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What does this mean: "shuffle up"? Is it an idiom or a phrasal verb? #1 (permalink) Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:39 am   What does this mean: "shuffle up"? Is it an idiom or a phrasal verb?
 

My dictionary says "shuffle up" means "Premature shuffling of playing cards by the dealer". But what does "shuffle up" mean in:

"I was "forced" to sit there long enough to watch a man shuffle up the sidewalk to a Mission, and repeatedly throw up."

I do not suppose the man was playing cards. :?

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Shuffle up #2 (permalink) Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:02 am   Shuffle up
 

Dear learner,
As a verb SHUFFLE means to walk by dragging one's feet,
to slide the feet along the floor or ground while walking.
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Thanks! #3 (permalink) Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:32 am   Thanks!
 

Thanks! It's very clear! :D
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Shuffle up #4 (permalink) Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:53 am   Shuffle up
 

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And the up refers to the direction he is travelling on the sidewalk. It is not a phrasal verb in this sentence.
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Shuffle up #5 (permalink) Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:00 am   Shuffle up
 

Guest wrote:
My dictionary says "shuffle up" means "Premature shuffling of playing cards by the dealer". But what does "shuffle up" mean in:

"I was "forced" to sit there long enough to watch a man shuffle up the sidewalk to a Mission, and repeatedly throw up."

I do not suppose the man was playing cards. :?

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hi,
what is the meaning of re-shuffle?
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Shuffle up #6 (permalink) Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:09 am   Shuffle up
 

Guest wrote:
what is the meaning of re-shuffle?


It means to shuffle the cards again.
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