Synonyms for shake off

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1. shake, shake off, throw off, escape from(verb)

   get rid of

   "I couldn't shake the car that was following me"

   Synonyms:
   throw, cast off, drop, shake up, escape from, agitate, judder, sway, cast, shake, stir, rock, throw away, throw off, didder, stimulate, excite, shed

2. shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop(verb)

   get rid of

   "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"

   Synonyms:
   roam, project, flip, overleap, spue, redact, strike down, fuddle, drift, put down, draw, send away, have, hold, fling, hurl, slough, mold, deteriorate, cast, rove, put, bedevil, roll, pour forth, befuddle, spend, omit, throw away, frame, moult, dangle, confound, vomit up, chuck out, mould, throw off, toss, throw up, expend, contrive, retch, purge, give, discombobulate, tramp, toss away, drip, disgorge, cat, cut down, dribble, thrust, overlook, stray, devolve, leave out, miss, shake, exuviate, bewilder, shed, fox, cast away, sink, chuck, pretermit, make, range, molt, vagabond, swan, unload, drop off, set down, fell, cast off, knock off, toss out, flatten, ramble, spill, neglect, cast aside, throw, regurgitate, wander, vomit, throw out, hurtle, put away, escape from, spew, honk, dismiss, dispose, cast out, regorge, drop, drop down, switch, discharge, upchuck, send packing, be sick, swing, discard, barf, confuse, sick, couch, bemuse, degenerate, puke

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. shake off

   Synonyms:
   drop, fall under, give up, let go, throw down, throw off

   Antonyms:
   bear, bring, carry, convey, lift, move, remove, sustain, take, transmit, transport

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How to use shake off in a sentence?

1. Rachel Reeves:

   I urge Alok Sharma, as the new Secretary of State, to shake off the government's vague commitment to audit reform.

2. Bruce McCain:

   As we saw with the clearly disappointing jobs report, even some bad news is not enough to shake off the positive feeling that has been driving prices higher.

3. Charles Krauthammer:

   The real third rail of American politics is race and racism and if you're accused of it by people in your own party, then it becomes something you can't really shake off, he's skirted around it for a long time… what it's done is it's opened him up to attacks from the inside in a way that hadn't existed before and that I think could have a corrosive effect.

4. George Gordon Byron:

   There is something Pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

5. Thomas Jefferson:

   Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

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