shake down English

Meaning shake down meaning

What does shake down mean?

shake down verb

— (transitive) To cause something to fall down by shaking it, or something it is attached to.

— (transitive) To shake someone so money falls from their pockets.

— (by extension) To get money from someone using threats.

— To search exhaustively.

— so subject something to a shakedown text

Synonyms shake down synonyms

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blackmail

settle down

extort

wreck

unsettle

undo

throw off

tamp down

stagger

spoil

solicit

shower down

shake off

shake

settle in

ruin

racketeering

pull down

mar

knock down

kill

impair

hold up

hijack

get rid of

floor

fell

extortion

exact

do for

devastate

destroy

deflower

deface

decimate

blight

blemish

blast

agitate

accost