Examples of 'shake down' in a sentence
Meaning of "shake down"
Shake down: Typically used in informal or colloquial language, it refers to an act of extorting or obtaining money, goods, or information forcefully or through intimidation. It can also describe a process of thorough searching or inspecting, often with the intention of finding hidden or illegal items or evidence
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- To cause something to fall down by shaking it, or something it is attached to.
- To shake someone so money falls from their pockets.
- To extort money from (someone) by means of threats.
- To search exhaustively.
How to use "shake down" in a sentence
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We were going to shake down the employees of that place.
Shake down the thermometers before going to bed.
Then they are going to shake down the factory.
Such thermometers are reset by centrifugation or shake down.
These cops are gonna shake down everybody.
If you shake down every single person we talk to.
The police were heading for a shake down.
Anyone we shake down has it coming.
I also thought he was getting a shake down.
Time to shake down some informants.
I represent the one you are trying to shake down.
I shiver and shake down to my toes.
Shake down the bad news.
I am not in the shake down racket.
Shake down the thunder from the sky.
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We need to shake down some employees.
But this sounds like a cheap shake down to me.
I will shake down your courtiers.
She was probably trying to shake down the customer.
And shake down the waitresses.
Always someone new to shake down.
She tried to shake down my assistant.
At least till we see how things shake down.
We shake down demons and negotiate with sorcerers.
He was using the service to shake down his customers.
First shake down the hatch.
You just picked the wrong guy to shake down.
Shake down your vandal.
Why would this people shake down a school teacher.
Shake down her room.
Get some patrol cars to shake down the area.
Known to shake down dealers for dope and cash.
Time for a shake down.
A shake down at jamba juice.
The rest of the games shake down like this.
Shake down the sector.
Desperate enough to try and shake down another adoptive parent.
A shake down by an opportunist who has lost their clout.
Commence shake down.
And we shake down who you want shaken down.
That does not give him the right to shake down my people.
Shake down shantytown.
We water down the drinks and shake down the waitresses.
I saw you shake down those guys down at the docks.
I found myself full of energy ready to shake down all my beliefs.
Now we have to shake down the nobility to recoup that fortune.
Causing the tree to vibrate and shake down all the fruit.
You can not shake down a bloke in the middle of the street.
Before he left he said he was gonna shake down some rich white dude.
Shake down anyone with a button on their blouse or a bumper sticker on their banjo.
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