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Shake up

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To agitate by shaking. transitive

    "If you shake up a can of cola and then open it, you get an explosion."

  2. 2
    make fuller by shaking wordnet
  3. 3
    To restore to its original shape by shaking. transitive
  4. 4
    change the arrangement or position of wordnet
  5. 5
    To upset or distress (a person). idiomatic, informal, transitive

    "Seeing the car accident really shook her up."

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  1. 6
    stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of wordnet
  2. 7
    To reorganize, to make reforms in. informal, transitive

    "The new boss is going to shake things up, so be aware."

  3. 8
    shock physically wordnet
  4. 9
    shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body) wordnet
  5. 10
    organize anew wordnet

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