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What is another word for
shaking off
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Present participle for to escape or get away from
Present participle for to recover from something, typically an illness
Present participle for to be superior against one's peers
Present participle for to prevent oneself from
Present participle for to get out of a situation, usually underhandedly
Present participle for to overcome or outlast embarrassing or shameful experiences
Present participle for to eliminate from view or from being physically present
Present participle for to discard or get rid of something
Present participle for to omit or abstain from
Present participle for to expel or send away, especially permanently
Present participle for to deliberately or persistently avoid through antipathy or caution
Present participle for to disregard as unimportant or insignificant
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Verb
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Present participle for to escape or get away from
eluding
losing
escaping
dodging
outdistancing
outstripping
clearing
leaving behind
getting away from
giving the slip
throwing off
getting rid of
ridding oneself of
throwing off the scent
getting shot of
freeing oneself from
seeing the back of
evading
avoiding
shaking
escaping from
shirking
ducking
steering clear of
fleeing
outrunning
skirting
ditching
getting around
sidestepping
giving the slip to
bilking
slipping away from
circumventing
running away from
fending off
shunning
eschewing
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
shuffling out of
breaking away from
giving a wide berth
scaping
finessing
bypassing
slipping through your fingers
shying
staying shy of
flying
shucking
staying away from
slipping through the net of
giving the runaround
running from
keeping your distance
baulking
UK
leading on a merry chase
sneaking away
escaping the clutches of
slipping out
balking
US
baffling
getting clear of
getting free from
slipping
slipping through the net
foiling
outwitting
getting away
doubling
frustrating
thwarting
running around
missing
cheating
keeping at arm's length
keeping out of the way of
tricking
beating
fudging
skipping
pussyfooting
going around
weaseling
US
skipping out on
getting out of
finding a way round
dancing around
juking
shortcutting
skirting round
weaselling
UK
giving a wide berth to
outpacing
sneaking away from
getting ahead of
ridding
holding off on
stalling
fobbing off
putting off
holding off
more ❯
“We'll have to go after dark, to
shake off
the sheriff's men.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to recover from something, typically an illness
getting over
recuperating from
recovering from
getting better after
getting rid of
pulling through
recovering
coming round
enduring
coming round from
recuperating
surviving
shrugging off
living through
getting beyond
passing though
rising above
getting better
“The weather was still bitter, and my father could not
shake off
a cold which he had caught at Niagara.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be superior against one's peers
leading
heading
outdistancing
outrunning
outstripping
outpacing
leaving behind
getting ahead of
drawing away from
outdoing
excelling
exceeding
surpassing
outclassing
transcending
topping
trumping
getting further ahead of
beating
bettering
widening the gap
leaving standing
capping
walking away from
running rings around
outrivalling
outrivaling
outvying
overtaking
passing
gaining on
outperforming
losing
throwing off
outshining
besting
eclipsing
overshadowing
outmatching
defeating
outgunning
overtopping
overhauling
licking
overcoming
creaming
putting to shame
towering over
putting in the shade
running faster than
getting the better of
shooting ahead
getting away from
putting distance between oneself and someone else
going one better than
widening the gap between oneself and someone else
going faster than
upstaging
leaving in the dust
moving ahead of
dwarfing
outmaneuvering
US
outsmarting
outjockeying
outmanoeuvring
UK
downing
trashing
bulldozing
burying
outfoxing
doing better than
faking out
running circles around
doing in
running rings round
blowing out of water
towering above
going one better
spearheading
fronting
preceding
escaping
distancing
separating oneself
trail-blazing
putting in proportion
having an advantage
blazing a trail
putting a distance between
going out in front
breaking away from the pack
coming first
taking the lead
getting the jump on
leaving in one's wake
trouncing
outranking
prevailing over
improving upon
improving on
walloping
knocking spots off
winning against
surmounting
vanquishing
subduing
conquering
routing
shaming
triumphing over
crushing
overpowering
whipping
thrashing
overriding
smashing
overpassing
clobbering
wallopping
drubbing
triumphing
overwhelming
going beyond
outplaying
rising above
outstepping
outwitting
overstepping
dominating
leaving
towering
extinguishing
outgoing
overrunning
outflanking
bypassing
outhussling
predominating
outreaching
blowing away
outweighing
ranking
outcompeting
breaking
owning
overshooting
overreaching
throwing into the shade
going above
leaving in the shade
winning the race
standing above
beating hollow
standing head and shoulders above
going by
shooting ahead of
wiping the floor with
blowing out of the water
taking precedence
outthinking
crowning
winning
taking over
undermining
diminishing
minimizing
US
scoring points off
hammering
minimising
UK
obliterating
shading
catching napping
preponderating
cutting across
stealing a march on
waxing
getting one over on
gaining the advantage over
getting the upper hand over
overcounting
ruling over
scooping
trampling over
walking over
making look pale by comparison
having command over
rivalling
UK
rivaling
US
out-distancing
breaking record
having advantage
getting upper hand
having a jump on
having it all over
outnumbering
exceeding in quantity
swamping
outmanning
remaining ahead
staying in the lead
stealing the show
stealing the scene
putting the others in the shade
getting all the attention
attracting the most attention
having all eyes on one
undertaking
pulling ahead of
going past
getting past
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prevent oneself from
helping
avoiding
refraining from
stopping
averting
dodging
evading
preventing
abstaining
abstaining from
bypassing
circumventing
desisting
escaping
forbearing
getting around
precluding
resisting
restraining from
shirking
shrinking from
shying from
sidestepping
skipping
skipping out on
skirting
staying away
staying away from
steering clear
steering clear of
withstanding
breaking the habit of
fending off
forbearing from
getting out of
holding off
keeping from
shunning
warding off
anticipating
arresting
blocking
checking
counteracting
counterbalancing
eschewing
heading off
hindering
impeding
interfering with
making up for
negating
neutralising
UK
neutralizing
US
nullifying
obviating
prohibiting
shaking
staving off
denying oneself
desisting from
doing without
forgoing
giving up
kicking
leaving off
refusing
renouncing
withholding from
outflanking
outmanoeuvring
UK
throwing off
outmaneuvering
US
refraining
withholding
keeping
restraining
abjuring
forswearing
inhibiting
forsaking
quitting
stopping oneself
holding back
discontinuing
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to get out of a situation, usually underhandedly
avoiding
evading
dodging
escaping
shirking
brushing off
sidestepping
skirting
bypassing
dancing around
discounting
disregarding
ducking
eluding
ignoring
neglecting
overlooking
shying from
wriggling out of
dispensing with
getting around
pussyfooting around
running away from
shaking
skirting round
tergiversating
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
copping out of
fending off
funking
getting out of
giving the slip to
going around
keeping one's distance from
laying low from
paying no attention to
paying no heed to
paying no mind
taking no notice of
tuning out
turning a blind eye to
turning back on
turning your back on
unheeding
unminding
declining
ducking out of
finessing
scaping
shirking from
shuffling out of
keeping off
Verb
▲
Present participle for to overcome or outlast embarrassing or shameful experiences
living down
outlasting
recovering
surviving
getting over
improving
reviving
rejuvenating
renewing
restoring
rallying
refreshing
perking up
coming back
taking a turn for the better
picking up
getting over something
snapping back
getting better
pulling through
coming round
bouncing back
turning the corner
regaining strength
coming around
rebounding
reforming
invigorating
enlivening
surging
getting back in shape
coming along
growing stronger
looking up
coming from behind
getting second wind
shaping up
turning around
snapping out of it
emerging from something
coming up smiling
taking on a new lease of life
bracing up
getting it together
turning things around
getting your act together
envigorating
turning a corner
making a comeback
recuperating
convalescing
healing
mending
recouping
gaining
sobering up
getting in shape
getting back to normal
feeling better
getting back on feet
regaining health
responding to treatment
getting well
pulling round
forging ahead
getting out from under
returning to form
making progress
starting anew
returning to health
getting stronger
settling down
making it
getting out of the woods
overcoming
taking turn for better
feeling yourself again
restoring your health
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to eliminate from view or from being physically present
banishing
dispelling
eliminating
discarding
dissipating
eradicating
quelling
removing
dislodging
dismissing
dispersing
dropping
scattering
shelving
shutting out
getting rid of
laying aside
dissolving
releasing
driving away
Verb
▲
Present participle for to discard or get rid of something
throwing off
discarding
shedding
jettisoning
dropping
getting rid of
casting off
shrugging off
freeing oneself of
ridding oneself of
scrapping
dumping
ditching
junking
chucking
throwing out
unloading
eliminating
tossing
binning
exorcizing
US
axing
rejecting
cashiering
exorcising
UK
losing
pitching
ejecting
dispensing with
laying by
flinging off
eighty-sixing
shucking off
disposing of
deep-sixing
flinging away
throwing away
sloughing off
evicting
dismissing
shucking
casting
unburdening
clearing
trashing
culling
disposing
removing
relinquishing
dispatching
expelling
casting aside
getting shot of
thrusting aside
throwing on the scrapheap
setting aside
dispossessing
tossing out
parting with
doing away with
sweeping away
throwing overboard
chucking out
chucking away
having done with
casting away
getting shut of
abandoning
forsaking
clearing out
seeing the back of
writing off
tossing aside
throwing
giving up
deserting
flinging
casting out
weeding out
rooting out
offloading
sloughing
sluffing off
disburdening
banishing
yielding
putting out to pasture
throwing aside
flinging out
heaving
excluding
bunging away
bunging out
abdicating
pulling the plug on
shelving
scrubbing
knocking something on the head
disowning
destroying
nixing
washing your hands of
forgoing
doffing
repudiating
negativing
demolishing
doing without
coping without
managing without
leaving
releasing
decommissioning
recycling
unhanding
letting go
surrendering
putting aside
annihilating
obliterating
retiring
breaking up
consigning to scrap heap
wrecking
making away with
relieving yourself of
auctioning
kissing off
divesting yourself of
kissing goodbye
fobbing off
making over
filing in circular file
getting rid
cutting
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to omit or abstain from
dispensing with
disregarding
ignoring
forgoing
omitting
waiving
relinquishing
renouncing
passing over
leaving out
brushing aside
abstaining from
doing without
rendering needless
giving something a miss
Verb
▲
Present participle for to expel or send away, especially permanently
banishing
expelling
ejecting
exiling
ousting
dismissing
evicting
expatriating
excluding
deporting
excommunicating
ostracising
UK
ostracizing
US
barring
displacing
extraditing
repatriating
routing
transporting
banning
bouncing
chasing
discharging
outlawing
rejecting
relegating
driving off
expulsing
extruding
isolating
outing
proscribing
rusticating
sequestering
setting aside
throwing out
booting out
kicking out
turfing out
casting out
chasing away
driving away
driving out
running off
sending away
shutting out
drumming out
seeing the back of
turning out
doing away with
Verb
▲
Present participle for to deliberately or persistently avoid through antipathy or caution
shunning
avoiding
snubbing
dismissing
rebuffing
repudiating
cutting
declining
disdaining
ignoring
ostracising
UK
ostracizing
US
refusing
rejecting
scorning
spurning
bilking
ditching
neglecting
snouting
staying clear of
giving someone the brush-off
giving the brush
giving the runaround
having no part in
standing aloof from
staying shy of
turning away from
turning back on
cold-shouldering
giving a wide berth
giving someone the go-by
having no part of
having nothing to do with
keeping one's distance from
not touching
shying from
brushing off
knocking back
leaving alone
shying away from
telling someone where to get off
balking at
cutting dead
freezing out
giving a wide berth to
keeping away from
passing up
recoiling from
sending to Coventry
shrinking from
steering clear of
stiff-arming
turning down
fighting shy of
keeping clear of
putting down
giving the cold shoulder
palming off
giving the bum's rush
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disregard as unimportant or insignificant
shrugging off
disregarding
ignoring
discounting
overlooking
overpassing
whitewashing
forgetting
dismissing
rejecting
condoning
excusing
forgiving
pardoning
remitting
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
brushing aside
passing over
brushing off
glossing over
winking at
blinking at
paying no heed to
papering over
glozing over
pooh-poohing
making light of
treating lightly
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