shake sb/sth off
— phrasal verb with shake uk/ʃeɪk/us/ʃeɪk/verb shook, shaken
to get away from someone or something that will not stop following you:
He drove through the red lights in an attempt to shake off the police car that was chasing him.
informal to beat an opponent, or to free yourself from someone or something that is limiting you:
I have no doubt that we will be able to shake off the challenge from our rivals.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- bail out
- be at large idiom
- be on the run idiom
- flee
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- go/be run to ground idiom
- heel
- leg
- loose
- scram
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- slip
- stand clear
- throw
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