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shook it up

shook it up is the simple past 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 shook it up

What is shook it up the simple past of?
Shook it up is the simple past of shake it up.

Words near shook it up in the dictionary

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

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