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
Molle	-	Medieval English
Paulene	paw-LEEN	English (Rare)
Amin	-	Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Baily	['beili]
Benson	BEN-sən	English
Eutimio	-	Spanish, Italian