seek vs shake off

seek

noun
  • The operation of navigating through a stream. 

verb
  • To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at. 

  • To try to find; to look for; to search for. 

  • To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. 

  • To navigate through a stream. 

  • To ask for; to solicit; to beseech. 

  • To attempt, endeavour, try 

shake off

verb
  • To rid oneself of a malady or its symptoms 

  • Some rumors that the governor had smoked pot as a teenager were flying around, but he has finally managed to shake them off. 

  • To remove (something attached to, on or clinging to an object) by shaking. 

  • To lose someone who is tracking you 

  • To dissociate oneself from (an allegation or rumour). 

How often have the words seek and shake off occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )