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Hrsanei Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Shake a fact

Hi.
What does shake a fact mean?
The context is as below.
"Despite hearing all sorts of good things about sushi, I couldn’t shake the fact that it was raw fish, and honestly gagged whenever I thought about it."

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/ I could not forget the fact. ). HAVE A NICE DAY, Hrsanei.

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I could not put the fact out of my mind./ I could not forget the fact.

So whenever I ate it, I gagged (when I remembered it was raw fish!).

HAVE A NICE DAY, Hrsanei.
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Hi
Shake has an informal meaning:
to put an end to or get rid of.

"Despite hearing all sorts of good things about sushi, I couldn't get rid of the fact that it was raw fish, and honestly gagged whenever I thought about it."

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That is not an expert use of "shake" in that sense, by the way. You normally speak of shaking a feeling, something internal, the way you would shake off raindrops or dust. His meaning is clear enough, but it rings a bit clunky. He meant that he couldn't shake the realization.
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