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shaken up

shaken up is the past participle of shake up.

Meaning of shake up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To agitate by shaking.
    • If you shake up a can of cola and then open it, you get an explosion.
  2. (transitive) To restore to its original shape by shaking.
  3. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To upset or distress (a person).
    • Seeing the car accident really shook her up.
  4. (informal, transitive) To reorganize, to make reforms in.
    • The new boss is going to shake things up, so be aware.

Questions about shaken up

What is shaken up the past participle of?
Shaken up is the past participle of shake up.

Words near shaken up in the dictionary

  1. shaken the dust from one's feet
  2. shaken the dust from one's sandals
  3. shaken the pagoda tree
  4. shaken the plum tree
  5. shaken together
  6. shaken up
  7. shakenly
  8. shakenness
  9. shakeout
  10. shakeouts
  11. shakeproof

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