Base verb
Phrasal verbs with shake
The verb shake combines with 3 particles to form everyday phrasal verbs. Each particle steers the meaning in its own direction — here they are with clear definitions and examples, so you can see the whole family at once.
3 phrasal verbs · 3 meanings
shake down
1 sense- Extort money from someone by threats
shake off
1 sense- Get rid of someone following you
shake up
1 sense- Cause major changes to a system or organisation
Practice the shake family in Sink In
Sink In drills every sense of shake with spaced repetition — recognition, particle cloze, and meaning recall — so the whole family sticks instead of blurring together.