- shake him
- make him nervous, cause him to lose confidence
Even the divorce didn't shake him. He didn't change at all.
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Shake — Shake, v. t. [imp. {Shook}; p. p. {Shaken}, ({Shook}, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaking}.] [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. [root]161. Cf. {Shock}, v.] 1. To cause to move with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) — is a 1966 hit single written and produced by Holland Dozier Holland and released as a single by The Four Tops on the Motown label.The single talks of a man who refuses to believe that his longtime love is leaving him for another man after hearing … Wikipedia
shake — [[t]ʃe͟ɪk[/t]] ♦♦ shakes, shaking, shook, shaken (The form shook can be used as the past participle for meaning 2 of the phrasal verb shake up.) 1) VERB If you shake something, you hold it and move it quickly backwards and forwards or up and down … English dictionary
shake off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you shake off something that you do not want such as an illness or a bad habit, you manage to recover from it or get rid of it. [V P n (not pron)] Businessmen are frantically trying to shake off the bad habits learned under six … English dictionary
shake — 1. to rob By violence or trickery: How much you shake him for? (Chandler, 1953) To shake down is to rob or cheat through trickery rather than violence: Find out what they re all trying to shake us down for. (Bradbury, 1976)… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Shake, Rattle & Roll (Filipino film series) — Shake, Rattle Roll is a Filipino horror film series dating back to 1984. It is currently produced by Regal Films. Most of the series are official entries for the Metro Manila Film Festival with the exception of the sixth installment which… … Wikipedia
Shake, Rattle and Roll — is a prototypical twelve bar blues form rock and roll song written in 1954 by Jesse Stone under his assumed songwriting name Charles E. Calhoun. It was originally recorded by Big Joe Turner, and most successfully by Bill Haley His Comets.Origins… … Wikipedia
shake someone's hand — shake (someone s) hand to greet someone by taking their hand in your own and moving it up and down a little. The Texas coach shook my dad s hand and said he had wanted to meet him for a long time. Usage notes: sometimes used as a way to express… … New idioms dictionary
shake hand — shake (someone s) hand to greet someone by taking their hand in your own and moving it up and down a little. The Texas coach shook my dad s hand and said he had wanted to meet him for a long time. Usage notes: sometimes used as a way to express… … New idioms dictionary
Shake|spear|i|a|na — «SHAYK spihr ee AH nuh, AN uh, AY nuh», noun (plural). things written about or by Shakespeare or associated with him … Useful english dictionary
