English Explanatory Dictionary

shake down

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cause something to fall down by shaking it, or something it is attached to.
  2. To shake someone so money falls from their pockets.
  3. To extort money from (someone) by means of threats.
  4. To search exhaustively.
  5. To subject something to a shakedown test.

Word forms

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