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Meanings of shake off in English
Synonyms
Examples for "shake"
Examples for "shake"
1
A spokeswoman said Johnson family members wouldn't comment on the latest shake-up.
2
Variety reports a couple of reasons for the shake-up: budget and storytelling.
3
Hasty steps shake the staircase; the door opens precipitately; it is Andre.
4
However, experts say the shake-up is some time away from yielding fruit.
5
Barclays certainly needs some new people to shake up its brash culture.
1
At no time did the animal escape from the enclosure, police said.
2
It was an all-too-brief escape from the frightening reality of her situation.
3
They don't replace parliaments or offer politicians an escape from difficult decisions.
4
There was a good chance I might never escape from this place.
5
Sweden has become a place people try to escape from, he thought.
Usage of shake off in English
1
However, the company has not been able to shake off the allegations.
2
He suffered from severe sea sickness that he could not shake off.
3
He turned fiercely; he strove in vain to shake off my grasp.
4
He has been unable to shake off intense speculation about his future.
5
But it is time to shake off the burden of the past.
6
For Wolves, Denis Irwin is struggling to shake off a hamstring problem.
7
Drain the noodles in a colander, and shake off any excess water.
8
Let her enjoy it, or shake off the vision on her own.
9
Especially it is necessary to shake off the love of worldly gain.
10
She tried to shake off the feeling but it clung to her.
11
We shake off the burden of our actions by want of remembrance.
12
In vain the little man struggled to shake off the lad's grasp.
13
But I had to shake off the sadness that wrung my heart.
14
But he could not entirely shake off the superstition of his age.
15
But unlike Froment he cannot shake off the shackles of his priesthood.
16
But Warwick in vain endeavoured to shake off an uneasy, ominous gloom.
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Translations for shake off
Catalan
Spanish
Portuguese
Shake off through the time
Shake off across language varieties
Ireland
Common
South Africa
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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