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shake-up Definition

shake·-up (s̸hākup′)

noun

  1. the act or an instance of shaking up
  2. ☆ a reorganization of a drastic or extensive nature, as in policy or personnel

shake up Synonyms

shake up

v.

shake-up Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • legislation: Home Affairs Licensing laws change at midnight in the biggest shake-up of drinks legislation for 50 years.
  • law: The Bill is the biggest shake-up of company law for 150 years.
  • system: A scathing review in the Higgs Report three years ago called for a complete shake-up of the system.
  • industry: NCC put forward proposals for a shake-up of the industry at the Competition Commission's open meeting on 19 May 2005.

Converse of subject

  • affect: Fire Minister Angela Smith urged those affected by the forthcoming shake-up of fire safety legislation to take advantage of the new guidance published.

Converse of object

  • announce: Smart UKâs parent firm Daimler Chrysler announce a shake-up of the brand in April in a bid to achieve profitability by 2007.
  • propose: We propose the most radical shake-up in the planning regime for 50 years.
  • represent: The proposals represented the biggest shake-up in pay, grading and conditions since the NHS was founded in 1948.
  • face: The Perrier awards could face a shake-up, with more winners every year.
  • need: The Scottish Arts Council was seen to need a shake-up.

Adjective modifier

  • radical: We propose the most radical shake-up in the planning regime for 50 years.
  • forthcoming: Fire Minister Angela Smith urged those affected by the forthcoming shake-up of fire safety legislation to take advantage of the new guidance published.
  • planned: In a planned shake-up of welfare reforms, Mr Hutton said the name for Incapacity Benefit would also change.
  • big: What followed was the biggest shake-up the house had had in years.
  • massive: A massive shake-up of special education in Sandwell has been given the green light.
  • major: Major shake-up at Torridge - A radical shake-up of the way the Council operates is under way at Torridge.

Noun used with modifier

  • pension: Ministers are looking at handing over a key element of the biggest pension shake-up in a generation to the private sector.
  • promotion: There's no doubt we have the players to be involved in the promotion shake-up come April.
  • management: He was sacked in January 2005 after only 18 months in the job following a management shake-up by Lloyds TSB chief executive Eric Daniels.
  • government: Today there were questions about why a long-awaited government shake-up designed to reduce medical negligence bills has still not been put into action.

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