Definition of shake up Shake up
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What does shake up mean?
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| shake up - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" | ||
| stimulate, shake, excite, stir | ||
| enkindle, elicit, kindle, provoke, evoke, arouse, fire, raise derive by reason; "elicit a solution" | ||
| foment, stir up, agitate bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented" | ||
| fuel stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism" | ||
| sex, wind up, arouse, turn on, excite tell the sex (of young chickens) | ||
| affright, fright, frighten, scare cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" | ||
| tickle, thrill, vibrate touch or stroke lightly; "The grass tickled her calves" | ||
| tempt, invite try presumptuously; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert" | ||
| elate, lift up, intoxicate, uplift, pick up fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" | ||
| enliven, animate, exalt, invigorate, inspire make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" | ||
| titillate excite pleasurably or erotically; "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine" | ||
| shake up - organize anew; "We must reorganize the company if we don't want to go under" | ||
| reorganize, reorganise | ||
| organise, organize bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?" | ||
| retool, revise provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools | ||
| shake up - change the arrangement or position of | ||
| agitate, vex, disturb, commove, stir up, raise up | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| scramble, beat make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody can understand it" | ||
| toss agitate; "toss the salad" | ||
| rile, roil make turbid by stirring up the sediments of | ||
| poke make a hole by poking | ||
| shake up - shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body) | ||
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| agitate, shake change the arrangement or position of | ||
| shake up - make fuller by shaking; "fluff up the pillows" | ||
| fluff up, plump up | ||
| agitate, shake change the arrangement or position of | ||
| shake up - shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game" | ||
| jar, bump around | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- shake up (Verb)
To agitate by shaking. - shake up (Verb)
To reorganize, to make reforms in.
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shake up
To arouse or stir up emotions or feelings.
