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shake it up

shake it up verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shake up, it.

Verb

shake it up (third-person singular simple present shakes it up, present participle shaking it up, simple past shook it up, past participle shaken it up)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shake up, it.
  2. (slang) To dance.
    • Revi and April shakin' it up to Junkyard's mixes...1995 February, caption, in FaT GiRL, number 2, page 28

Forms of shake it up

third-person singular presentshakes it up
present participleshaking it up
pastshook it up
past participleshaken it up

Questions about shake it up

What does shake it up mean?
Shake it up means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shake up, it.
What part of speech is shake it up?
Shake it up is a verb.
What is the past tense of shake it up?
The past tense of shake it up is shook it up.

Words near shake it up in the dictionary

  1. shake hands with the unemployed
  2. shake hole
  3. shake in one's boots
  4. shake in one's shoes
  5. shake it
  6. shake it up
  7. shake like a leaf
  8. shake map
  9. shake maps
  10. shake off
  11. shake off the dust from one's feet

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