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shake it off

Date: Jul 05 2001

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“I just have to learn how to shake it off.”
- Jennifer Lopez (Talking about bad things said about her in the press.)

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

forget about it, ignore it, don’t let it have an affect, pay no attention to it

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

If something or someone is bothering you, you can try to shake it off. By shaking it off, you have decided that you’re not going to let it get to you. You can try to ignore a problem or try to forget about it, because it is not important to you.

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

””We lost the game yesterday, but we don’t have time to be sad about it. We need to shake it off and win our game today.”“

””Shelley broke up with me last night. I feel like I should be able to shake it off, but it’s going to take a while.”“

””Mike punched me in the arm this morning. I tried to act tough and shake it off, but it really hurt!”“

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

I think “shake it off” means put something horrible out of your mind. I mean forget something that you don’t want to remember anymore.
by Ana
i guess “shake it off” means to get rid of, e.g. shake off your bad habits…
by Amy
I think it could mean to “get rid of something undesired”.
by Alfonso (Spain)
Forget it, not worth to be remembered
by Niki
I think that shake it off means get rid off.
by Gabi (Czech republic)
Shake it off means to try to forget about something by ignoring it.
by Melissa

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