shake up

1. (transitive)To agitate by shaking.

   If you shake up a can of cola and then open it, you get an explosion.

   schütteln, aufschütteln, aufrütteln

   make fuller by shaking

2. (transitive)To restore to its original shape by shaking.

3. (idiomatic, informal, transitive)To upset or distress (a person).

   Seeing the car accident really shook her up.

   erschüttern, völlig durcheinanderbringen, aus der Fassung bringen

4. (informal, transitive)To reorganize, to make reforms in.

   The new boss is going to shake things up, so be aware.

   von Grund auf ändern, tiefgreifend verändern, umkrempeln

1. That's going to shake things up.

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2. Everyone's pretty shaken up.

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3. Tom looks pretty shaken up.

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4. Tom was pretty shaken up.

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5. You look pretty shaken up.

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irregular · Lesson

• shake upтрусити, трястиTo agitate by shaking.
• shake offупустити, упускатиTo remove (something attached to, on or clinging to an object) by shaking.
• shake outTo agitate a piece of cloth or other flexible material in order to remove dust, or to try to make it smooth and flat.
• shake downTo cause something to fall down by shaking it, or something it is attached to.
• shake overTo frisk