Fly
Fly verb - To move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings.
Shake
Shake verb - To make a series of small irregular or violent movements.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- With a wingspan like yours, it's ever so much easier to shake you from my wrist and see you fly.
Source: Trickster Mentor - Jack catches it and causes it to fly to the end of the universe while trying to shake him off.
- Took a Level in Badass: Limelight can fly, can shake off a building falling on her without a scratch, can lift over 400 tons and can heal people afflicted with dark magic.
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