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shakes out

vb. (en-third-person singularshake out)

Usage examples of "shakes out".

He shakes out one of the Sonatas, then dumps their toothbrushes out of the glass - he has no intention of going all the way downstairs for a clean glass, does not want to leave her alone that long.

Yet, when he shakes out those two clear notes from his bird call, I come, like any other trusting thing that perches on the crook of his wrist.

Picks up the envelope, tears it open, shakes out a loose credit card.

She tears off her cap and shakes out her hair and bends over for the towel.

Spittle foaming at the corners of his mouth, he doubles back, shakes out a tanto butterfly, dried blood on the blade.

He removes the earplugs and listens for a cry or grunt but hears nothing, just distant traffic on South 27 and the gritty sound of his own feet as he gets up and shakes out the cramps in his legs.