Usually means: Significant change or reorganization occurring.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word shake-up:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. shake-up: Merriam-Webster
  2. shake-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shake-up: Collins English Dictionary
  4. shake-up: Vocabulary.com
  5. Shake-Up, Shake-up, shake-up: Wordnik
  6. shake-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. shake-up: Wiktionary
  8. shake-up: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. shake-up: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. shake-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. shake-up: Dictionary.com
  12. shake-up: Rhymezone
  13. shake-up: FreeDictionary.org
  14. shake-up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. shake-up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shake-up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of shakeup [A vigorous reorganization, especially of the personnel or procedures of an organization.]

Similar:
reorganization, reorganisation, shake-down, make-over, break-up, screw-up, dust-up, clean-up, punchup, roll-out, more...

Opposite:
stability, status quo, calm, consistency

Phrases:
2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, more...



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Similar:
reorganization, reorganisation, shake-down, make-over, break-up, screw-up, dust-up, clean-up, punchup, roll-out, more...

Opposite:
stability, status quo, calm, consistency

Phrases:
2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, more...



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