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
RadosŁAw	rah-DAW-swahf	Polish
Olujimi	-	Western African, Yoruba
Dora	DAWR-ə (English), DO-rah (Croatian, Serbian)	English, Dutch, Spanish, Greek, Croatian, Serbian
Laelius	-	Ancient Roman
BreandÁN	-	Irish
Horacio	o-RAH-thyo (Spanish), o-RAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish