Shake off Crossword Clue

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Shake off Crossword Answer

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ELUDE

(5 letters)

LOSE

(4 letters)

SHED

(4 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
2. escape, either physically or mentally

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SHAKE (verb)
1. move back and forth or sideways
2. move or cause to move back and forth
SHAKE (noun)
1. a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
2. grasping and shaking a person’s hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
OFF (verb)
1. kill intentionally and with premeditation
OFF (adverb)
1. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth’ is obsolete)
2. at a distance in space or time
OFF (adjective)
1. (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
2. in an unpalatable state

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ELUDE
(5 letters)
LOSE
(4 letters)
SHED
(4 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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