shake off (something)

to free yourself from something.

Investors failed to shake off worries about the economy.

As she was running, she felt a pain in her left leg, but she hoped to shake it off if she slowed up.

Usage notes: usually said about something unpleasant

• go west
• go whole hog
• go with a bang
• go with a swing
• go with gut
• go without
• go without something
• go with the flow
• go with the territory
• go with the tide
• go with your gut
• go wrong
• go your separate ways
• grab bag
• grab by the throat
• grab you by the throat
• grain of truth
• grand old man of
• grand old man of something
• grasp at straws
• grasping at straws
• grasp the nettle
• grass is always greener .
• grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
• grass-roots