Bypass
Shake
Shake verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Usage example: we shook our pursuers by cutting through the abandoned lot
How words are described
| special | special bypass | special shake |
| true | true bypass | true shake |
| obvious | obvious bypass | obvious shake |
| huge | huge bypass | huge shake |
| Other adjectives: aforementioned. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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On Murphy Brown, Lansing decides to shake things up at FYI by hiring the outspoken conservative MTV VJ McGovern, (though it is eventually revealed he was under the influence of Demerol before his triple bypass surgery).
Source: Pompous Political Pundit -
He also displays the ability to make things brittle by turning them grey, can shake his enemies' confidence by turning them pink, and implies that he can use the colour red to open massive wounds that bypass any defense.
Source: Heart Is an Awesome Power
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