shake off

Questions about shake off

What does shake off mean?

shake off means "get rid of". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for shake off?

Close synonyms include shake, throw off, escape from, shed, cast. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shake off a common word?

shake off is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.