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shaking the plum tree

shaking the plum tree is the present participle and gerund of shake the plum tree.

Meaning of shake the plum tree

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, uncommon) To obtain a source of advantage, such as for political favors or appointments.

Questions about shaking the plum tree

What is shaking the plum tree the present participle and gerund of?
Shaking the plum tree is the present participle and gerund of shake the plum tree.

Words near shaking the plum tree in the dictionary

  1. Shaking Quakers
  2. shaking rat Kawasaki
  3. shaking the dust from one's feet
  4. shaking the dust from one's sandals
  5. shaking the pagoda tree
  6. shaking the plum tree
  7. shaking together
  8. shaking up
  9. shakingly
  10. shakings
  11. Shakir

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