to shake
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5.3
- verb
- /ʃeɪk/
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- Well, days like these can shake your faith... -
- shaken confidence
- shake the foundations
- shake the economy
Nothing in this world can ever shake or separate us up.
- Nothing in this world can ever shake or separate us up.
- Your first book to shake the sleeping self in many ways.
- We always have things that sort of shake that idea.
- So he says that profound anxiety shakes the foundation of human being, right?
- And then there was a couple of moments that shook my belief.
- And then it just shook me like a the hurricane like a hurricane.
- So when you love something like that, when you go through moments like that, it won't shake you, you know what I'm saying?
- It's like when someone shakes you, it shakes you out of your current place of thought.
- Republican race about to shake with late entry?
- And nothing since the election has shaken me of the importance of that view.
- First of all, the big benefit of that question is that it shakes you out of your hamster and a wheel.
Examples
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The initial death toll will shake world governments to their core.
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The unexpected news shook her confidence about the future.
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And the result of this inquiry should shake our nation to its core.
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And yet I can't shake the feeling of being watched.
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Any one of these events seems enough to shake someone from their everyday state of unreflective coma.
Academic text (1993) -
So he says that profound anxiety shakes the foundation of human being, right?
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The international economy is being shaken by wider forces boosting inflation and threatening recession.
Academic text (2008) -
During 1938, Jamaica was shaken by a variety of strikes and other forms of industrial unrest.
Academic text (1992) -
His harsh criticism was enough to shake my belief in my abilities.
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The sudden loud noise shook everyone in the quiet room.
Synonyms
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1.0
To make someone feel afraid or unsure of themselves
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4.2
To upset someone strongly and change how they feel
8
4.3
To surprise someone and make them react
7
4.9
To make someone feel worried or uneasy
4
5.4
To make someone feel confused or unsure after a sudden change
Antonyms
Idioms
To make ripe fruit or other things fall from a tree by moving its branches quickly
- Literature
Leave a place after a bad experience and not return
Phrasal Verbs
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1.0
To take someone's hand and move it up and down as a greeting or to show agreement
41
3.6
Make something unwanted go away, like an illness, a feeling, or a person following you
- Specialized
1
5.8
To exchange messages between two systems to start a secure connection and agree on security keys
Compounds
How Unsettled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shake: Saying someone was 'shaken' uses the same image — strong news or events can 'shake' a person inside and make them feel uncertain, so shake can mean to disturb someone's feelings or confidence.