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shaking off
| Main Entry: |
shake off
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose by getting away |
| Synonyms: | clear, dislodge, drop, elude, get away from, get rid of, give the slip, leave behind, remove, rid oneself of, throw off, unburden |
| Antonyms: | appear, present |
| Main Entry: | banish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel from place or situation |
| Synonyms: | ban, cast out, deport, discard, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, drive away, eject, eliminate, eradicate, evict, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expulse, extradict, get rid of, isolate, ostracize, oust, outlaw, proscribe, relegate, remove, rusticate, sequester, shake off, shut out, transport |
| Antonyms: | allow, keep, welcome |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean, clear away |
| Synonyms: | ameliorate, break up, brighten, burn off, clarify, cleanse, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, eliminate, empty, erase, extricate, free, lighten, loosen, lose, meliorate, open, purify, refine, rid, rule out, shake off, sweep, throw off, tidy, unblock, unburden, unclog, unload, unloose, unpack, untie, vacate, void, wipe |
| Antonyms: | clutter, pile up |
| Main Entry: | discard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, abjure, adios, banish, can*, cancel, cashier, cast aside, chuck, deep-six, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, free of, give up, have done with, jettison, junk*, oust, part with, protest, put by, reject, relinquish, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, scrap, shake off, shed, sweep away, throw away, throw out, throw overboard, toss aside, write off |
| Antonyms: | embrace, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dispense with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | omit; do away with |
| Synonyms: | abolish, abstain from, brush aside, cancel, dispose of, disregard, do without, forgo, get rid of, give up, ignore, pass over, relinquish, render needless, shake off, waive |
| Antonyms: | accept, keep, regard, retain, take, use |
| Main Entry: | dodge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid |
| Synonyms: | circumlocute, dark, deceive, ditch, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, evade, fence, fend off, fudge, get around, get out of, give the slip, hedge, juke, lurch, malinger, move to the side, parry, pussyfoot, put the move on, shake, shake off, shift, shirk, short-circuit, shuffle, sidestep, skip out on, skirt, slide, slip, swerve, tergiversate, tergiverse, trick, turn aside, weasel |
| Antonyms: | confront, encounter, face, meet, stand up to |
| Main Entry: | foil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | circumvent, nip in the bud |
| Synonyms: | baffle, balk, beat, bilk, bollix, buffalo, check, checkmate, counter, crab, cramp, crimp, curb, dash, defeat, disappoint, disconcert, ditch, dodge, duck, elude, faze, foul up, frustrate, get around, give the run-around, give the slip, hang up, hinder, juke, nullify, outwit, prevent, rattle, restrain, run circles around, run rings around, shake, shake off, shuffle off, skip, stop, stymie, throw monkey wrench in, thwart, upset the apple cart |
| Notes: | a fencing sword with a bowl-shaped guard and flexible blade is an épée; the one with a circular guard is a foil |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | get over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recover |
| Synonyms: | come round, get better, mend, overcome, pull through, recuperate, shake off, survive |
| Main Entry: | lose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | escape, avoid |
| Synonyms: | clear, dodge, duck, elude, evade, give the slip, leave behind, outrun, rid, shake, shake off, slip away, stray, throw off, unburden, wander from |
| Notes: | loose means not restrained, fastened, confined or attached, while lose means fail to keep or to maintain or fail to win |
| Antonyms: | confront, face, meet |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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