shake in one's shoes

A form of quake in one's boots — To be very frightened, scared, or nervous.

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Meanings

verbshake in one's shoes (third-person singular simple present shakes in one's shoes, present participle shaking in one's shoes, simple past shook in one's shoes, past participle shaken in one's shoes)

present singular third person shakes in one's shoes · participle present shaking in one's shoes · past shook in one's shoes · participle past shaken in one's shoes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of quake in one's boots.
    1 more example

    “I’d be shaking in my shoes to ride in the Preakness,” said Desormeaux, who finished dead last in his first Preakness in 1988. “Now, not only have I won it twice [in 1998 on Real Quiet and in 2008 on Big Brown], I’ve lived life. I’ll be as cool as a cucumber in the saddle” with Exaggerator on Saturday.

    2016 May 17, Don Markus, “For Kent Desormeaux, Preakness is a welcome Maryland homecoming”, in The Washington Post
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APA

shake in one's shoes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shake%20in%20one's%20shoes

MLA

“shake in one's shoes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shake%20in%20one's%20shoes. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shake in one's shoes,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shake%20in%20one's%20shoes.

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