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shake down

To shake someone so money falls from their pockets.
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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'shake down':

shake downTo cause something to fall down by shaking it, or something it is attached to.
shake downTo get money from someone using threats.
shake downTo search exhaustively.
shake downTo subject something to a shakedown test.
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