Sentences with shake down
shake down
S s - He ordered the dismantling of police checkpoints on highways, which were being used to shake down motorists for bribes. [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- A shakedown run
- He has a strong shake.
- A fair shake.
- He threw an eight on his last shake.
- I'll be with you in a shake.
- Sand shakes off easily.
- Shake before using.
- Let's shake and be friends again.
- To shake a bottle of milk.
- To shake a stick at someone.
- We shook the tree.
- We shook nuts from the tree.
- To shake the very foundations of society.
- The experience shook him badly.
- They tried to shake their pursuers.
- As opera companies go, this one is no great shakes.
- You'd better shake a leg or we'll miss the first act.
- I asked him if he knew the answer, but he just shook his head.