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shake up

sha·keup

uncommon

verb

1.

shock physically

  • “Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game”
2.

organize anew

  • “We must reorganize the company if we don”
3.

shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)

4.

stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

  • “These stories shook the community”
  • “the civil war shook the country”
6.

make fuller by shaking

  • “fluff up the pillows”

noun

1.

the act of imposing a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)

  • “a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum”
  • “top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup”

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