shake up

shake up
1) PHRASAL VERB If someone shakes up something such as an organization, an institution, or a profession, they make major changes to it.
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[V P n (not pron)] The government wanted to accelerate the reform of the institutions, to find new ways of shaking up the country...

[V n P] Directors and shareholders are preparing to shake things up in the corporate boardrooms of America.

2) PHRASAL VERB If you are shaken up or shook up by an unpleasant experience, it makes you feel shocked and upset, and unable to think calmly or clearly.

[be V-ed P] The jockey was shaken up when he was thrown twice from his horse yesterday...

[V n P] He was in the car when those people died. That really shook him up...

[V-ed P] He said that the accident had left her a bit shook up, but she was going to be just fine. [Also V P n (not pron)]


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