shake up

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To reorganize, to make reforms in

The new boss is going to shake things up, so be aware.

To agitate by shaking

If you shake up a can of cola and then open, you get an explosion.

make fuller by shaking; "fluff up the pillows"
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. The jockey was shaken up when he was thrown twice from his horse yesterday He was in the car when those people died. That really shook him up
shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)
shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"
change the arrangement or position of
organize anew; "We must reorganize the company if we don't want to go under"
If someone shakes up something such as an organization, an institution, or a profession, they make major changes to it. The government wanted to reform the institutions, to shake up the country Shareholders are preparing to shake things up in the boardrooms of America. see also shake-up
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
arrange anew, reshuffle; agitate
shake something up
1. Shake a container to mix its contents together well.2. Reorganize a group or organization, not always in a gentle way
shake-up
shake-up shake-ups in AM, use shakeup A shake-up is a major set of changes in an organization or a system. a radical shake-up of the secondary education system
shake-up
the act of imposing a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes); "a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"; "top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup"
shakeup
a process by which an organization makes a lot of big changes in a short time to improve its effectiveness shakeup of
shakeup
A vigorous reorganization, especially of the personnel or procedures of an organization
shakeup
the act of imposing a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes); "a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"; "top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup"
shake up
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