shake-out
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But they wake up on race day with the dreaded red signal on their watch telling them they haven’t fully recovered from a shake-out run the day before.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
I think the resentment in this country is also building to the boiling point, and it’s hard to predict how this will all shake-out.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024
But it's not the death of the High Street, insists Ms Stainton, but rather a final shake-out of some of the heritage brands.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2022
There will be a clear shake-out in terms of what non-NFL athletes get paid.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2017
The devil then threw aside the brush, and giving the skin a shake-out, just as you would a coat, cast it over its shoulders, when lo! there stood the girl.
From China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles
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