All shake down synonyms

verb shake down

• disarrayed — Simple past tense and past participle of disarray.
• cast about — to make a mental or visual search
• dig out — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
• gun for — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
• elicit — Evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions.
• wring — to twist forcibly: He wrung the chicken's neck.
• call forth — to cause (something) to come into action or existence
• dig — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
• make with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
• blackmail — Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
• ferret — a narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc.
• futz around — to pass time in idleness (usually followed by around).
• give rise to — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
• experiment — Perform a scientific procedure, esp. in a laboratory, to determine something.
• extort — Obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means.
• exact — Not approximated in any way; precise.
• experimentalize — (transitive) To make experiments upon.
• bring forth — to give birth to
• look for — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
• look over — the act of looking: a look of inquiry.
• lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
• disarray — to put out of array or order; throw into disorder.
• ferreting — a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
• lean on — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
• arm-twist — to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
• leave no stone unturned — the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
• frisk — to dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic: The dogs and children frisked about on the lawn.
• iced — of or made of ice: ice shavings; an ice sculpture.
• arm-twisting — persuasion