Meaning & use
Shouldered
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Took on and carried a burden, responsibility, or blame; or pushed something with the shoulder.
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She shouldered the responsibility for the project's failure without complaint.
He shouldered his way through the crowded subway car.
A note on using this word
The figurative sense of accepting a burden draws directly on the literal image of carrying weight on one's shoulder.
Words with a similar meaning
boreassumed
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Words with an opposite meaning
shirkeddodged
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