give (someone) the shake

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give (someone) the shake

To escape, slip away from, or rid oneself of someone. The burglar was able to give the police the shake by ducking into a series of back alleys.

give (someone) the shake

Slang

To escape from or get rid of: We managed to give our pursuers the shake.

See also: give, shake

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

See also:

give the shake
the slip
give (one) the slip
give somebody the slip
give someone the slip
give the slip
keep (someone or something) in sight
keep in sight
keep sight of (someone or something)
keep sight of somebody/something

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Strike ace Billy Dodds echoed: "Brondby are good - but with 17,000 inside Pittodrie we can give them the shakes."

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