: an act or instance of getting rid of what is unpleasant, undesirable, or unwanted. shake off.

How do you use shake off in a sentence?

1. He stamped his feet to shake off the snow from his boots. 2. He drove through the red lights in an attempt to shake off the police car that was chasing him.

Could not shake off meaning?

phrasal verb. If you shake off someone who is following you, you manage to get away from them, for example by running faster than them. I caught him a lap later, and although I could pass him I could not shake him off. [ VERB noun PARTICLE]