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shook the pagoda tree

shook the pagoda tree is the simple past of shake the pagoda tree.

Meaning of shake the pagoda tree

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.

Questions about shook the pagoda tree

What is shook the pagoda tree the simple past of?
Shook the pagoda tree is the simple past of shake the pagoda tree.

Words near shook the pagoda tree in the dictionary

  1. shook one's head
  2. shook out
  3. shook over
  4. shook the dust from one's feet
  5. shook the dust from one's sandals
  6. shook the pagoda tree
  7. shook the plum tree
  8. shook together
  9. shook up
  10. shook-up
  11. shooke

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