shakes down Sentence Examples
- The earthquake shakes down the towering skyscraper, leaving it a crumbling ruin.
- The relentless storm shakes down the trees, their leaves fluttering wildly in the wind.
- The extortionists shake down the terrified businessman, demanding a hefty sum of money.
- The detective shakes down the suspect, hoping to elicit a confession.
- The prosecutor shakes down the witness, pressuring them to provide incriminating testimony.
- The IRS shakes down the taxpayer, threatening hefty fines if they don't pay up.
- The landlord shakes down the tenants, charging exorbitant rent and refusing to make repairs.
- The loan sharks shake down their victims, resorting to violence to collect their debts.
- The bully shakes down the smaller child, demanding their lunch money.
- The ruthless dictator shakes down his citizens, confiscating their possessions and silencing their dissent.
shakes down Meaning
shakes down
to make a thorough search of, a testing under operating conditions of something new (as a ship) for possible faults or for the operators to become more familiar with it, a process or period of adjustment, a testing under operating conditions of something new (such as a ship) for possible faults and defects and for familiarizing the operators with it, an improvised bed (such as one made up on the floor), a thorough search, to bring about a reduction of, an act or instance of shaking someone down, to settle down, to take up temporary quarters, a boisterous dance, to become accustomed especially to new surroundings or duties, to obtain money from in a deceitful, contemptible, or illegal manner, to give a shakedown test to, extortion, to occupy an improvised or makeshift bed
Synonyms & Antonyms of shakes down
Synonyms:
- chouses
- sells-a-bill-of-goods-to
- rooks
- clips
- skins
- euchres
- diddles
- hoses
- mulcts
- thimblerigs
- gaffs
- defrauds
- flimflams
- bilks
- takes-to-the-cleaners
- takes-for-a-ride
- shortchanges
- nobbles
- tricks
- reams
- fleeces
- bleeds
- exploits
- fools
- stiffs
- deceives
- betrays
- skunks
- shorts
- chisels
- swindles
- victimizes
- does-in
- cons
- suckers
- fiddles
FAQs About the word shakes down
to make a thorough search of, a testing under operating conditions of something new (as a ship) for possible faults or for the operators to become more familiar
beats,squeezes, sticks, cheats, rips off, hustles, cozens, plucks, stings, screws
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The earthquake shakes down the towering skyscraper, leaving it a crumbling ruin.
The relentless storm shakes down the trees, their leaves fluttering wildly in the wind.
The extortionists shake down the terrified businessman, demanding a hefty sum of money.
The detective shakes down the suspect, hoping to elicit a confession.
