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all shook up

Idioms

Greatly disturbed or upset, as in His letter left her all shook up. This slangy idiom uses shook instead of the grammatically correct “shaken” (for “agitated”) and adds all for emphasis. [Second half of 1900s]

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all shook up

If you think of late-career Elvis Presley as only a plump and gaudy Las Vegas crooner slinging schlock in the 1970s, you’re about to get all shook up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

It’s now or never for this week’s Slate News Quiz, but don’t get all shook up.

From Slate ● May 24, 2024

Was close to leaving rivals all shook up before fading to finish sixth in last year's Irish Grand National.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2023

This is where things get all shook up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

Now that there was some good proof against him he was all shook up.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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all shook up

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