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shake-up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shake-up has 1 sense
- shake-up(n = noun.act) reorganisation, reorganization, shakeup - the imposition of 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" is a kind of organisation, organization
Derived form verb shake up2
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