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
Akihito	[æki'hi:təu]
Parisa	-	Persian
Ivanna	-	Russian (Rare)
Putra	-	Indonesian
Nikolai	nee-kah-LIE (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian
Lucija	-	Slovene, Croatian