give the shake

give (someone) the shake

Slang

To escape from or get rid of: We managed to give our pursuers the shake.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ingolf	ING-gawlf (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Hiltraud	HIL-trowt	German
Olga	OL-gah (Russian), AWL-gah (Polish, German)	Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Latvian, Hungarian, Itali
Griffith	-	Welsh
JĀNis	-	Latvian
Neely	NEE-lee	English