shake it up

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shake up, it.

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Meanings

verbshake it up (third-person singular simple present shakes it up, present participle shaking it up, simple past shook it up, past participle shaken it up)

present singular third person shakes it up · participle present shaking it up · past shook it up · participle past shaken it up

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shake up, it.
  2. slangTo dance.

    Revi and April shakin' it up to Junkyard's mixes...

    1995 February, caption, in FaT GiRL, number 2, page 28
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APA

shake it up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shake%20it%20up

MLA

“shake it up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shake%20it%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shake it up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shake%20it%20up.

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