shake_off (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the expression *shake off*:
VERB	motion	shake off, shake, throw off, escape from	get rid of
VERB	contact	shake off, shed, cast, cast off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop	get rid of

English > *shake off*: 2 senses > verb 1, motion
Meaning	Get rid of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	shake, throw off, escape from
Broader	escape, get away, break loose	run away from confinement
Spanish	deshacerse, escaparse, escapar, sacudirse, tirar

English > *shake off*: 2 senses > verb 2, contact
Meaning	Get rid of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	shed, cast, cast off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
Narrower	abscise	shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue
	autotomize, autotomise	Cause a body part to undergo autotomy
	exfoliate	cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters
	shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough	cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
Broader	remove, take, take away, withdraw	Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Spanish	arrojar, dejar caer, despojarse, librarse de, mudar, quitarse de encima, quitarse, sacudirse algo, tirar, vaciar
Catalan	desfer-se de, mudar de, treure's

HyperDic: shake_off