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- shake a disease or illness off
shake a disease or illness off
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 | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Joos | | YO:S | Dutch |
| Sanela | | - | Croatian |
| Tamera | | - | English |
| Friduman | | - | Ancient Germanic |
| Madeleine | | ma-də-LEN (French), mad-LEN (French), MAD-ə-lin (English), MAD-ə-lien (English) | French, English, Swedish |
| Fri&Eth;Rika | | - | Icelandic |