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Swing the lead
Verb
Definitions
1.
Verb
To avoid work, especially by pretending to be ill; to shirk, to malinger.
Synonyms
skive off
wriggle out of
play hooky
shift
doss around
shuffle
get away with
play the fool
pull a sickie
swither
play hookie
feign
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