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shake off

Definitions

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  • verb To remove (something attached to, on or clinging to an object) by shaking.
  • verb To dissociate oneself from (an allegation or rumour).
  • verb To lose someone who is tracking you
  • verb To rid oneself of a malady or its symptoms

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb get rid of
  • verb get rid of

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synonyms (32)

Words with the same meaning

  1. beg
  2. cast off
  3. circumvent
  4. clear
  5. dispel
  6. ditch
  7. do away with
  8. double
  9. eliminate
  10. elude
  11. escape
  12. evade
  13. exterminate
  14. fling off
  15. get around
  16. get away from
  17. get clear of
  18. get free of
  19. get out of
  20. get quit of
  21. get rid of
  22. liquidate
  23. lose
  24. purge
  25. rid
  26. shake
  27. shoo
  28. shuffle out of
  29. skirt
  30. throw away
  31. throw off
  32. unburden

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. break loose
  2. escape
  3. getaway

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