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noun
a thorough change in a business, department, or the like, as by dismissals, demotions, etc.
Origin:
1900–05; noun use of verb phrase shake up
1900–05; noun use of verb phrase shake up
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Shake-up
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example sentences
In its current guise, the great market shake-up may in fact do little to spark new capacity.
The details of the shake-up are not known, except to company insiders.
Unfamiliar dinosaurs also have their role to play in this shake-up.
Solving them will require a creative shake-up of the old way of doing things.
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