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

Example sentences :

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

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