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Antonyms for shake-up
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sheyk-uhp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃeɪkˌʌp |
Definition of shake-up
Origin :- also shakeup, "reorganization," 1899, from verbal phrase, from shake (v.) + up (adv.).
- As in revolution : noun drastic action or change, often in politics
- As in upset : noun problem
- Every shake-up we have somebody wants to fire him, or pension him off.
- Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
- There had indeed been a “shake-up” on the nine the day of the game.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe at Yale » by Lester Chadwick
- "It can't be quite the same after so universal a shake-up," I objected.
- Extract from : « Sonia Married » by Stephen McKenna
- Rather a shake-up, though, and I was dizzy with the heat before.
- Extract from : « Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch » by Evelyn Raymond
- "There's been a shake-up in our combination," he remarked casually to Fyfe.
- Extract from : « Big Timber » by Bertrand W. Sinclair
- It seemed as if the shake-up at Plympton had shaken all the nonsense out of Lemuel Fogg.
- Extract from : « Ralph on the Overland Express » by Allen Chapman
- The request for her resignation from the other team had not specially troubled Robin, knowing that a shake-up was imminent.
- Extract from : « Marjorie Dean College Freshman » by Pauline Lester
- Ranger would not go down slowly and the shake-up she received was unpleasant.
- Extract from : « The Man of the Forest » by Zane Grey
- A panic occurred among the mill operatives at the time of the shake-up, but nobody was hurt in the stampede from the mill.
- Extract from : « The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 » by Various
- A recent reform wave in Chicago had caused a shake-up in the police department, most disturbing to the preying powers.
- Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson
Synonyms for shake-up
- agitation
- anarchy
- bloodshed
- bother
- cabal
- complaint
- coup
- coup d'état
- crime
- debacle
- defeat
- destruction
- disorder
- disquiet
- distress
- disturbance
- foment
- free-for-all
- golpe
- goulash
- guerrilla activity
- hassle
- illness
- innovation
- insubordination
- insurgency
- malady
- metamorphosis
- mutiny
- outbreak
- overthrow
- overturn
- plot
- queasiness
- radical change
- rebellion
- reformation
- reversal
- reverse
- reversion
- revolt
- rising
- row
- screw-up
- shake-up
- shift
- shock
- sickness
- stew
- strife
- strike
- subversion
- surprise
- tizzy
- transformation
- trouble
- tumult
- turbulence
- turmoil
- turnover
- underground activity
- unrest
- upheaval
- uprising
- uproar
- upset
- violence
- worry
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