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Synonyms for shake-up


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sheyk-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃeɪkˌʌp

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Définition of shake-up

Origin :
  • also shakeup, "reorganization," 1899, from verbal phrase, from shake (v.) + up (adv.).
  • As in revolution : noun drastic action or change, often in politics
  • As in upset : noun problem
Example sentences :
  • Every shake-up we have somebody wants to fire him, or pension him off.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • There had indeed been a “shake-up” on the nine the day of the game.
  • Extract from : « Baseball Joe at Yale » by Lester Chadwick
  • "It can't be quite the same after so universal a shake-up," I objected.
  • Extract from : « Sonia Married » by Stephen McKenna
  • Rather a shake-up, though, and I was dizzy with the heat before.
  • Extract from : « Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch » by Evelyn Raymond
  • "There's been a shake-up in our combination," he remarked casually to Fyfe.
  • Extract from : « Big Timber » by Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • It seemed as if the shake-up at Plympton had shaken all the nonsense out of Lemuel Fogg.
  • Extract from : « Ralph on the Overland Express » by Allen Chapman
  • The request for her resignation from the other team had not specially troubled Robin, knowing that a shake-up was imminent.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean College Freshman » by Pauline Lester
  • Ranger would not go down slowly and the shake-up she received was unpleasant.
  • Extract from : « The Man of the Forest » by Zane Grey
  • A panic occurred among the mill operatives at the time of the shake-up, but nobody was hurt in the stampede from the mill.
  • Extract from : « The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 » by Various
  • A recent reform wave in Chicago had caused a shake-up in the police department, most disturbing to the preying powers.
  • Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson

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