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shake the pagoda tree

shake the pagoda tree verb: to find a source of easy enrichment; to become absurdly rich in a short time period.

Verb

shake the pagoda tree (third-person singular simple present shakes the pagoda tree, present participle shaking the pagoda tree, simple past shook the pagoda tree, past participle shaken the pagoda tree)

  1. (idiomatic) To find a source of easy enrichment; to become absurdly rich in a short time period.

Forms of shake the pagoda tree

third-person singular presentshakes the pagoda tree
present participleshaking the pagoda tree
pastshook the pagoda tree
past participleshaken the pagoda tree

Origin of shake the pagoda tree

The pagoda was a gold coin used in the Madras Presidency until 1818.

Questions about shake the pagoda tree

What does shake the pagoda tree mean?
Shake the pagoda tree means to find a source of easy enrichment; to become absurdly rich in a short time period.
What part of speech is shake the pagoda tree?
Shake the pagoda tree is a verb.
What is the past tense of shake the pagoda tree?
The past tense of shake the pagoda tree is shook the pagoda tree.

Words near shake the pagoda tree in the dictionary

  1. shake over
  2. shake table
  3. shake tables
  4. shake the dust from one's feet
  5. shake the dust from one's sandals
  6. shake the pagoda tree
  7. shake the plum tree
  8. shake together
  9. shake up
  10. shake-a-leg
  11. shake-and-bake

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