to shift someone's investments
- phrasal verb
- /ʃɪft sʌmˈwʌnz ɪnˈvɛstmənts/
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- Investors often shift their investments to safer options during market downturns.
Examples
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Economic uncertainty may prompt some to shift their investments toward real estate.
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Many retirees choose to shift their investments into lower-risk funds.
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After considering market trends, she decided to shift her investments from stocks to bonds.
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Don't shift someone's investments without their permission!
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She plans to shift her investments next month.
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To maximize returns, you should regularly shift your investments based on changing economic conditions.
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Many people choose to shift their investments from stocks to bonds as they approach retirement.
Synonyms
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2.0
To change one thing or person for another
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2.7
To move a person or thing to another place
How Much
- Specialized
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5.9
1
4.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
shift + someone's + investment
The meaning is directly built from 'shift' (to move/change) + 'someone's' (possessive) + 'investments' (financial assets), so a learner who knows the constituent words can infer it means moving a person's financial assets. This is a straightforward, compositional verb phrase following standard English patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so it should be understandable at B1.
Etymology
The phrase shift someone's investments comes from the image of moving boxes on a shelf: shift means to move and investments are where you put your money. So when you shift someone's investments you move their money from one kind of investment to another to lower risk or try to earn more, which is why it means 'to move money from one investment to another'.