shake-up
- noun
- /ˈʃeɪkˌʌp/
- After the scandal, there was a significant shake-up in the leadership team.
- a major shake-up
- a management shake-up
- a big shake-up
Storage got a big shake up at this price point this year.
- Storage got a big shake up at this price point this year.
- It's a significant shake up when it comes to media and how Republican conservative politicians see Fox News.
- Now this shake up is going deeper, it's more concrete.
- And having Ottie's been like a whole massive shake up and switch up to my life and has been something that I've always wanted.
- So my hope with Trump was a huge shake up that system to say like, like to inject new ideas, to inject new energy.
- As in a shake up, a shake up, a shake up, you know, these things come around like like I want to talk a little bit about crypto for an example.
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This company needs a shake-up.
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But on the other hand, perhaps this is what Trek needs: a major shake-up so that it can come full circle.
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And what, what could use a shake up more than the car industry?
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Storage got a big shake up at this price point this year.
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Now this shake up is going deeper, it's more concrete.
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There will be a ton of shake-ups across the college football landscape.
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When mobile devices and native apps hit the mainstream market, the software testing world underwent a major shake-up.
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The addition of Benioff is part of Cisco's executive shake-up done by Chambers.
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But Wall Street's hyperfocus on the short term sometimes blinds it to major shake-ups approaching on the horizon.
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Anyway, all I know is, Chiltern, a serious shake-up in the Government looks inevitable now... and I have to tell you the Prime Minster himself was asking about you this morning.
Synonyms
Changing how a company or system is organized to make it work better
A sudden big change that causes confusion and problems
Major changes to how a company or group is set up
A big change in a company or government that replaces leaders and changes how it works
A change in the order of people or things in a group
A change in the order of people or jobs in a group
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Etymology
Shake-up comes from the simple parts shake (to move something quickly so its parts change place) and up (showing a strong or complete change), like shaking a box so everything inside falls into new places. So a shake-up is a big reorganization or strong change that moves things around.