单词 | shake off |
释义 | shake off 1. phrasal verb If you shake off something that you do not want such as an illness or a bad habit, you manage to recover from it or get rid of it. Businessmen are trying to shake off habits learned under six decades of a protected economy. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Get your body moving to boost energy, stay supple and shake off winter lethargy. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] He was generally feeling bad. He just couldn't shake it off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If you shake off someone who is following you, you manage to get away from them, for example by running faster than them. I caught him a lap later, and although I could pass him I could not shake him off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] He was unaware that they had shaken off their pursuers. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for shake If you shake off someone who is touching you, you move your arm or body sharply so that they are no longer touching you. He grabbed my arm. I shook him off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] She shook off his restraining hand. [VERB PARTICLE noun] |
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