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to cause large changes in something such as an organization, usually in order to make improvements: Technological changes have shaken up many industries. The first thing the new chairman of the company did was to shake up the management. Several new players have been brought in to shake up the team. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
shake someone or something up. to jostle or knock someone or something around; to toss someone or something back and forth. We rode over a rough road, and that shook us up. The accident shook up John quite a bit. See also: shake, up.
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.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English shake somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb 1 to give someone a very unpleasant shock, so that they feel very upset and frightened She was badly shaken up by the accident. → shaken 2 to make changes to an organization in order to make it more effective SYN overhaul the government’s plans to shake up...
Definition of shake-up in the Idioms Dictionary. shake-up phrase. What does shake-up expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary.
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.
SHAKEUP definition: 1. a new arrangement of something, esp. people's jobs, that is intended to be an improvement: 2. a…. Learn more.
