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Shake Up| Verb | 1. | shake up - shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" | | | 2. | shake up - organize anew; "We must reorganize the company if we don't want to go under"organize, organise - cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea retool, revise - revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving; "We must retool the town's economy" | | | 3. | shake up - shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)shake, agitate - move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" | | | 4. | shake up - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"fuel - stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism" thrill, tickle, vibrate - feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine" invite, tempt - give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers" titillate - excite pleasurably or erotically; "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine" | | | 5. | shake up - change the arrangement or position ofscramble, beat - stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" toss - agitate; "toss the salad" rile, roil - make turbid by stirring up the sediments of poke - stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace" move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" | | | 6. | shake up - make fuller by shaking; "fluff up the pillows"shake, agitate - move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" | |
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