n.: extricate itself from, get away from, extricate itself out of, get free, get clear of, get out, throw overboard, be quit of, get [be] rid of, rid oneself [sb., sth.] of, give (sb., sth.) the shake, shake oneself free [loose] from, shake out, shuck off, shuffle off, be shut of (sb.), put the skids under [to] sb., get into [out of] a spin, throw off, break away, cast (shake,throw) off, break with, extricate oneself from, riddance, get rid of, find one's way out of, break out of, crab out of, divest oneself of