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shakes it up

shakes it up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shake it up.

Meaning of shake it up

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

Questions about shakes it up

What is shakes it up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shakes it up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shake it up.

Words near shakes it up in the dictionary

  1. shakes down
  2. shakes hands
  3. shakes in one's boots
  4. shakes in one's shoes
  5. shakes it
  6. shakes it up
  7. shakes like a leaf
  8. shakes off
  9. shakes off the dust from one's feet
  10. shakes on it
  11. shakes one's ass

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