SHAKE (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) UP


Meaning of SHAKE (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) UP in English

shake somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb ( see also ↑ shake )

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 the educational system

⇨ ↑ shakeup

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.