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  2. SHAKE SOMEONE UP definition: 1. If an unpleasant experience shakes someone up, it makes them feel shocked and upset: 2. to…. Learn more.

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      noun [ C ] (also shake-up) uk / ˈʃeɪkʌp / us. Add to word...

  3. The meaning of SHAKE-UP is an act or instance of shaking up; specifically : an extensive and often drastic reorganization. How to use shake-up in a sentence.

  4. noun [ C ] (also shake-up) uk / ˈʃeɪkʌp / us. Add to word list. a difficult period in which a company, industry, etc. is forced to change in order to be more successful: The industry is going through its largest shakeup for 40 years. Over 90 jobs were lost in the recent shakeup.

  5. Shake-up definition: a thorough change in a business, department, or the like, as by dismissals, demotions, etc.. See examples of SHAKE-UP used in a sentence.

  6. noun [ C ] (also shake-up) uk / ˈʃeɪkʌp / us. Add to word list. a difficult period in which a company, industry, etc. is forced to change in order to be more successful: The industry is going through its largest shakeup for 40 years. Over 90 jobs were lost in the recent shakeup.

  7. If you are shaken up by an unpleasant experience, or if something shakes you up, it makes you feel shocked and upset, and unable to think calmly or clearly. The jockey was shaken up when he was thrown twice from his horse yesterday.

  8. noun. /ˈʃeɪk ʌp/ (also shake-out) shake-up (in/of something) a situation in which a lot of changes are made to a company, an organization, etc. in order to improve the way in which it works. a management shake-up. Union leaders are calling for a major shake-up of the system. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.