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View definitions for shake off

shake off

verb as in lose by getting away

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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.

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

From Salon

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.

From BBC

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

From Salon

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

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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