shake off

British  

verb

1. to remove or be removed with or as if with a quick movement

   she shook off her depression

2. (tr) to escape from; elude

   they shook off the police

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shake off Idioms  

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

CoreWeave has struggled to shake off market concerns about the stability of its business.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some are hoping Super Micro can shake off the episode.

From Barron's

Rappi's success signals a bigger change happening in Colombia – the country has shaken off its dangerous reputation, especially since the 2016 Peace Accord.

From BBC

Now that he’d shaken off the fever and eaten some meat, he could think clearly at last.

From Literature

“It’s too soon to pop the champagne and conclude that China is shaking off its post-Covid torpor,” said economists at Pantheon Macroeconomics.

From The Wall Street Journal