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Shift

/ʃɪft/
To move something a small distance or change position

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Examples:

Then his tone shifts.

Flora's gaze shifted to Poirot.

Well, I ought to be shifting.

Etymology:

etymology
Derived from Middle English shiften, from Old English sciftan, a combination of Proto-Germanic *skiƀtaną meaning to arrange or divide.

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