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shake off

verb

to remove or be removed with or as if with a quick movement
she shook off her depression
tr to escape from; elude
they shook off the police

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Idioms and Phrases

Free oneself or get rid of something or someone, as in I've had a hard time shaking off this cold , or She forged ahead, shaking off all the other runners . It is also put as give someone the shake , as in We managed to give our pursuers the shake . The first term dates from the late 1300s; the slangy variant dates from the second half of the 1800s.

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Rob didn’t skip a beat getting into vacation mode and was keen to get the party started, while I needed a moment to shake off my fatigue and transition into feeling romantic.

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And once Fahy digs into Violet’s strength under pressure, “Drop” shakes off its most glaring flaw.

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Mr Niemar, meanwhile, believes that the best way to address this is to shake off the past and keep doing what they are already doing.

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Using a colander or other method of choice, shake off excess flour-cornmeal before lowering okra into hot oil.

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“I cannot shake off the great debt on my conscience,” Siegfried later wrote.

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