shuffle off this mortal coil verb1 •(euphemistic) To die; to divest oneself of one's mortal body.For in that sleepe of death, what dreames may come, / When we haue shuffel'd off this mortall coile, / Must giue vs pawse. — 1599 formsshuffled off this mortal coil · shuffling off this mortal coil · shuffles off this mortal coil