单词 | shake off |
释义 | shake offSEE SYNONYMS FOR shake off ON THESAURUS.COM verb (adverb)to remove or be removed with or as if with a quick movementshe shook off her depression (tr) to escape from; eludethey shook off the police Words nearby shake offshake a stick at, shakedown, shake hands, shake in one's boots, shaken baby syndrome, shake off, shake one's head, shakeout, shaker, Shaker Heights, Shakerism Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with shake offshake off 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. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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