shake up

VERB
  1. shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)
  2. make fuller by shaking
    fluff up the pillows
  3. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
    the civil war shook the country
    These stories shook the community
  4. organize anew
    We must reorganize the company if we don't want to go under
  5. change the arrangement or position of
  6. shock physically
    Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game
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How To Use shake up In A Sentence

  • Several new players have been brought in to shake up the team.
  • Shake up the salad - dressing before you put it on.
  • So no changes from Greg Downs tomorrow, and United need to shake up their home form because Doncaster are no pushovers.
  • A madcap idea introduced at the 11th hour to shake up the grid. The Sun
  • Shake up the medicine before taking it.
  • President Obama has shown a commendable willingness to shake up the status quo in K-12 education by advocating reforms, such as charter schools, that have left his teachers union base none-too-pleased. Black Colleges Need a New Mission
  • It might shake up thesepeople who believe in their own natural born superiority and their "indispensability" in the schemeof things. Targeting Hugo Chavez
  • Wake up today and shake up the world. It's a new year that welcomes you to shine and make your dreams come true. RVM 
  • The nationwide foreclosure mess "might shake up the banks enough to convince them to finally become real partners" in devising workable solutions for distressed borrowers, "forcing them to deal with the reality they've created. What does foreclosure mess mean to buyers and sellers?
  • He had hit the ground running at NATAS after he was chosen in 2002 to lead the group and mandated to shake up the then-fustier cousin of the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. TVBizwire
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