what does shake-up mean?
SHAKE-UP as NOUN
- Meaning
- the act of imposing a new organization
- organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)
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Usage Example(s)
- a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum
- top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup
Hypernyms(s) shake-up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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