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
Nabu-Kudurri-Usur	-	Ancient Near Eastern
Maunu	MOW-noo	Finnish
Downing	[dauniŋ]
Paraskevas	-	Greek, Late Greek
GearÓId	-	Irish
Svyatoslav	svyah-tah-SLAHF (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian