What is the meaning of shake up?

verb

  • Shock physically.
    • usage: "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"
  • Organize anew.
    • usage: "We must reorganize the company if we don't want to go under"
  • Shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body.
  • Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.
    • usage: "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
  • Change the arrangement or position of.
  • Make fuller by shaking.
    • usage: "fluff up the pillows"
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