Flee
Shake
Shake verb - To make a series of small irregular or violent movements.
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Which Peachum decides to use to his advantage in blackmailing Brown: imagine thousands of beggars, crawling out of the gutters, crowding around the Queen... Mack tries to flee, but can't shake his Thursday habit at Jenny's brothel and is consequently arrested by a reluctant Brown.
Source: Theatre / The Threepenny Opera
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