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
Octavian	ahk-TAYV-ee-ən (English)	History, Romanian
Yannick	-	Breton, French
Yenny	-	Spanish (Latin American)
Madelief	-	Dutch
Vinko	-	Croatian, Slovene
Brighid	BRIED	Irish, Irish Mythology