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- give (someone) the shake
give (someone) the shake
give (someone) the shake
To escape, slip away from, or rid oneself of someone. The burglar was able to give the police the shake by ducking into a series of back alleys.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| FranÇOise | | frawn-SWAWZ | French |
| Indigo | | IN-di-go | English (Rare) |
| Salvator | | - | Late Roman |
| Liza | | LIE-zə (English) | English, Russian, Hungarian |
| Duran | | [də'ræn] | |
| Gleb | | GLYEP (Russian), HLEB (Ukrainian) | Russian, Ukrainian |