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throw sth off

(ILLNESS) phrasal verb with throw
 
/θrəʊ/
 
US  /θroʊ/ verb (threw, thrown)

Definition

to stop suffering from a cold or other illness that is not serious: I can't seem to throw off this cold.Recovering from illness
(Definition of throw sth off (ILLNESS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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