shook up

1. see all shook up.

Example Sentences

Novo Nordisk replaced its chief executive and shook up its board this year.

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Tracking the meteoric rise and fall of the King of Rock ’n’ Roll, this electric, eclectic, midcentury biopic impressed critics, shook up the box office and made a star out of Presley proxy Austin Butler.

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Read also: Weight-loss drugs shook up the stock market.

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The movement certainly shook up the culture at the time, but we are now experiencing a profound backlash.

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In 2022, the organization shook up nearly a century of tradition by moving the World Cup from summer to winter, because it was being held in the Gulf state of Qatar.

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Related Words

• disturb 
• reorganize 
• shock