shake up
Found in thesaurus: move,
displace,
organise,
organize,
agitate,
shake,
kindle,
elicit,
enkindle,
provoke,
evoke,
raise,
arouse,
fire,
organisation,
organization
shake up
v.
arrange anew, reshuffle; agitate, upset or frighten a person by shocking or surprising them
shake-up
n.
thorough and radical reorganization, number changes in the way a company or organization is organized
shake up
Verb
1. shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"
(synonym) jar, bump around
(hypernym) move, displace
2. organize anew; "We must reorganize the company if we don't want to go under"
(synonym) reorganize, reorganise
(hypernym) organize, organise
(hyponym) retool, revise
(derivation) reorganization, reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup
3. shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)
(synonym) succuss
(hypernym) shake, agitate
4. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
(synonym) stimulate, shake, excite, stir
(hypernym) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
(hyponym) fuel
5. change the arrangement or position of
(synonym) agitate, vex, disturb, commove, stir up, raise up
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) beat, scramble
6. make fuller by shaking; "fluff up the pillows"
(synonym) fluff up, plump up
(hypernym) shake, agitate
shake-up
Noun
1. the act of imposing a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes); "a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"; "top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup"
(synonym) reorganization, reorganisation, shakeup
(hypernym) organization, organisation
(derivation) reorganize, reorganise, shake up
shake-up
n.
reorganizace
shake-up
Rzecz.
przetasowanie
shake up
change the command or leadership of something The president decided to shake up top management in order to bring new energy into the organization.