Shake

  • 31shake up — index agitate (perturb), churn, discompose, disturb, perturb Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 32shake-up — noun count an important change in the way something such as a department or company is organized …

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  • 33shake up — (someone) to upset someone. The kids were pretty shaken up by the accident. Patrick s death shook me up pretty badly …

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  • 34shake — (izg. šȇjk) m DEFINICIJA razg. mliječni napitak koji nastaje miksanjem mlijeka i voća ili ekstrakta čokolade, vanilije i sl. ETIMOLOGIJA engl …

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  • 35shake-up — shake′ up n. a thorough change of administration in an organization, department, or the like, as by dismissals or reassignments • Etymology: 1900–05 …

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  • 36shake up — [v] upset, unsettle agitate, break with past*, cause revolution*, churn up*, clean out, clean up, clear out, disturb, liquidate, make a clean sweep*, mix, overturn, purge, remove, reorganize, rid, shock, stir up, turn upside down*; concepts… …

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  • 37shake-up — [shāk′up΄] n. 1. the act or an instance of shaking up ☆ 2. a reorganization of a drastic or extensive nature, as in policy or personnel …

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  • 38shake — shake1 W2S3 [ʃeık] v past tense shook [ʃuk] past participle shaken [ˈʃeıkən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move)¦ 2¦(body)¦ 3 shake your head 4 shake somebody s hand/shake hands with somebody 5¦(shock)¦ 6 shake somebody s confidence/beliefs etc 7 somebody s voice… …

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  • 39shake — shake1 [ ʃeık ] (past tense shook [ ʃuk ] ; past participle shaken [ ʃeıkən ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 make quick movements ▸ 2 get rid of problem etc. ▸ 3 when voice sounds weak ▸ 4 make less strong etc. ▸ 5 cause fear/emotion ▸ 6 escape from someone ▸ +… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 40shake — [[t]ʃe͟ɪk[/t]] ♦♦ shakes, shaking, shook, shaken (The form shook can be used as the past participle for meaning 2 of the phrasal verb shake up.) 1) VERB If you shake something, you hold it and move it quickly backwards and forwards or up and down …

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