shaking off
Ridding by vibration
Shaking off is ridding oneself of something unwanted through deliberate effort.
A dog shakes off water after swimming.
A runner shakes off a defender.
You shake off a cold, a bad mood, or criticism: She shook off the insult and kept working.
The phrase implies active dismissal rather than passive recovery.
- discardDeliberately throw out
- shedCast off naturally
- casting asideDeliberately rejecting or abandoning
- dispelCause to vanish
- eliminateRemove completely
getting rid of · eluding · slipping away · disentangling · dislodging · release · purge · eradicate · cleansing · riddance · unburdening · liberating · breaking free · rid · exorcism · escaping · leaving behind · disencumber
shaking offtaking on
Accepting or assuming
gathering · collecting · accumulating · picking up · acquiring
shaking offclinging to
Gripping without releasing
keeping · retaining · latching onto · grasping · clutching
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