shake a disease or illness off

Fig. [for the body] to fight off a disease or illness. I thought I was catching a cold, but I guess I shook it off. I hope I can shake off this flu pretty soon.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bodil	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Dwight	[dwait]
Lucja	LUWTS-yah	Polish
Auchinleck	['ɔ:kin'lek]
DİRenÇ	-	Turkish
Minodora	-	Romanian