TO SHAKE OFF

[beachboy]

It´s not easy to shake off smoking.
Is it possible to say to shake somebody off, meaning to get rid of?

 

[bhaisahab]

It´s not easy to shake off smoking.
Is it possible to say to shake somebody off, meaning to get rid of?

You can "shake somebody off", "The police were following me, but I managed to shake them off", but I wouldn't use "It´s not easy to shake off smoking".

 

[BobK]

You can "shake somebody off", "The police were following me, but I managed to shake them off", but I wouldn't use "It´s not easy to shake off smoking".

:up: This - though the pursuer doesn't have to be the police - is called 'shaking off a tail'.

b