SHAKE DOWN

Meaning of SHAKE DOWN in English

( informal ) to become familiar with a new situation and begin to work well in it

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SHAKE DOWN — verb Date: circa 1859 intransitive verb 1. to take up temporary quarters, to occupy an improvised or makeshift bed, 2. …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHAKE DOWN — verb Etymology: shake (I) + down, adverb intransitive verb 1. a. : to take up temporary quarters a good plan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHAKE DOWN — move from side to side; agitate; forced payment; search; blackmailing for money; bed (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SHAKE DOWN — Date: circa 1859 intransitive verb 1. a. : to take up temporary quarters b. : to occupy an improvised or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHAKE DOWN — Function: intransitive verb Date: circa 1859 1 a : to take up temporary quarters b : to occupy an improvised …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SHAKE DOWN — settle down. → shake
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHAKE DOWN — [shake down] vi (ca. 1859) 1 a: to take up temporary quarters b: to occupy an improvised or makeshift bed …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHAKE DOWN — shake down phrasal verb ( see also ↑ shake ) 1 . shake somebody ↔ down American English informal to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHAKE DOWN — If someone shakes you down , they use threats or search you physically in order to obtain something from you. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAKE DOWN — If someone shakes you down, they use threats or search you physically in order to obtain something from you. (AM) …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHAKE DOWN — {v. phr.} 1. To cause to fall by shaking. * /He shook some pears down from the free./ 2. {informal} …
Slang English vocab
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Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
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Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHAKE DOWN — v. ( D ; tr. ) to ~ from (to shake fruit down from a tree)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
SHAKE DOWN — {v. phr.} 1. To cause to fall by shaking. * /He shook some pears down from the free./ 2. {informal} …
Словарь английских идиом
SHAKE DOWN — get money by threats The gangsters shook down the small shop owners to get some money.
English Idioms vocab
SHAKE DOWN — v. phr. 1. To cause to fall by shaking. He shook some pears down from the free. 2. informal To …
American Idioms English vocabulary
SHAKE DOWN — 1) стряхивать (плоды с дерева) You don't have to climb the tree; it may be possible to shake the apples …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHAKE DOWN — Стряхивать
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SHAKE DOWN — phr v 1. сносить, разрушать ( дом ) we were evicted and our shack was shaken down - нас выселили, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHAKE DOWN — стряхивать (плоды с дерева); разрушать (дом); постилать (на полу - солому, одеяло и т. п.); утрясать(ся); освоиться; сжиться; приспособиться, вымогать …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SHAKE DOWN — phr v 1. сносить, разрушать ( дом ) we were evicted and our shack was shaken down - нас выселили, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SHAKE DOWN — phr v 1. сносить, разрушать ( дом ) we were evicted and our shack was shaken down - нас выселили, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SHAKE DOWN — постилать, утрясать, утрясаться, освоиться, сжиться, трясти, стрясти, стряхивать, вымогать, заставить раскошелиться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SHAKE DOWN — постилать, утрясать, утрясаться, освоиться, сжиться, трясти, стрясти, стряхивать, вымогать, заставить раскошелиться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SHAKE DOWN — 1) стряхивать ( плоды с дерева ) You don't have to climb the tree; it may be possible to shake …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SHAKE DOWN — 1) стряхивать (плоды с дерева) You don't have to climb the tree; it may be possible to shake the apples down. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SHAKE DOWN — а> стряхивать (плоды с дерева); You don't have to climb the tree; it may be possible to shake the apples …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SHAKE DOWN — а. стряхивать (плоды с дерева); You don't have to climb the tree; it may be possible to shake the apples …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SHAKE DOWN — стряхивать (плоды с дерева); разрушать (дом); постилать (на полу - солому, одеяло и т. п.); утрясать(ся); освоиться; сжиться; приспособиться, вымогать (деньги); заставить раскошелиться проводить испытания (самолета …
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
SHAKE DOWN — стряхивать
English-Russian Online Dictionary
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Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
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Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
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Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SHAKE DOWN
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SHAKE DOWN — 1) стряхивать (плоды с дерева) You don't have to climb the tree; it may be possible to shake the apples …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHAKE — I. ˈshāk verb ( shook ˈshu̇k, dial ˈshək ; or chiefly dialect shaked ˈshākt ; or dialect shaken ; shak·en …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHAKE — — shakable, shakeable , adj. /shayk/ , v. , shook, shaken, shaking , n. v.i. 1. to move or sway …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHAKE — I. ˈshāk verb ( shook ˈshu̇k ; shak·en ˈshā-kən ; shak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceacan; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHAKE — obs. ·p.p. of shake. 2. shake ·noun a fissure in rock or earth. 3. shake ·noun a shook of staves …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
SHAKE — [shake] vb shook ; shak.en ; shak.ing [ME, fr. OE sceacan; akin to ON skaka to shake] vi (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHAKE — / ʃeɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( shook / ʃʊk; NAmE / shaken / ˈʃeɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAKE — I. shake 1 S3 W2 /ʃeɪk/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense shook /ʃʊk/, past participle shaken /ˈʃeɪkən/) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHAKE — v. & n. --v. (past shook; past part. shaken) 1 tr. & intr. move forcefully or quickly up and down …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHAKE — v. & n. v. (past shook; past part. shaken) 1 tr. & intr. move forcefully or quickly up and down …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHAKE — v. & n. --v. (past shook; past part. shaken) 1. tr. & intr. move forcefully or quickly up and down …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAKE — ( shakes, shaking, shook, shaken) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAKE — (~s, shaking, shook, ~n) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHAKE — Synonyms and related words : Bebung, abandon, abate, accost, address, affright, age, agitate, agitating, agitation, alarm, alcoholic drink, all-overs, anthem, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHAKE — To shake one's elbow; to game with dice. To shake a cloth in the wind; to be hanged in chains. …
Slang English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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