"shake up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: shakes up [present, singular, third-person], shaking up [participle, present], shook up [past], shaken up [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|shake<,,shook,shaken> up}} shake up (third-person singular simple present shakes up, present participle shaking up, simple past shook up, past participle shaken up)
  1. (transitive) To agitate by shaking. Tags: transitive Translations (to agitate by shaking): друсам (drusam) (Bulgarian), 摇晃 (Chinese Mandarin), ravistaa (Finnish), schütteln (German), aufschütteln (German), aufrütteln (German), durcheinander wirbeln (German), 振る (alt: ふる、furu) (Japanese), suscitō (Latin), skaka om (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-shake_up-en-verb-DZqug07~ Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 12 34 35 Disambiguation of 'to agitate by shaking': 87 9 3 1
  2. (transitive) To restore to its original shape by shaking. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-shake_up-en-verb-wmnORL1l Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 12 34 35
  3. (transitive, informal) To upset or distress (a person). Tags: informal, transitive Translations (to upset or distress): 动摇 (dòngyáo) (Chinese Mandarin), järkyttää (Finnish), erschüttern (German), völlig durcheinanderbringen (German), aus der Fassung bringen (German), aus den Fugen bringen (German), umhauen [colloquial] (German), stressare (Italian), 動揺する (alt: どうようする、douyousuru) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-shake_up-en-verb-xA2w6RRM Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 12 34 35 Disambiguation of 'to upset or distress': 4 3 91 2
  4. (transitive, informal) To reorganize, to make reforms in. Tags: informal, transitive Translations (to reorganize or reform): reformar (Catalan), reformer (French), réorganiser (French), von Grund auf ändern (German), tiefgreifend verändern (German), umkrempeln (German), riorganizzare (Italian), riformare (Italian), reformar (Portuguese), reorganizar (Portuguese), reformar (Spanish), reorganizar (Spanish), skaka om (Swedish)
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Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to reorganize or reform",
      "word": "umkrempeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to reorganize or reform",
      "word": "riorganizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to reorganize or reform",
      "word": "riformare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reorganize or reform",
      "word": "reformar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reorganize or reform",
      "word": "reorganizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to reorganize or reform",
      "word": "reformar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to reorganize or reform",
      "word": "reorganizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to reorganize or reform",
      "word": "skaka om"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shake up"
}

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