shaking up
Turning things around
Shaking up is disturbing or disrupting an established order, often deliberately to force change: The new CEO is shaking up the management team.
It can mean unsettling someone emotionally: The accident really shook her up.
A shake-up is the resulting reorganization or upheaval.
- disruptingInterfering with normal function
- stirringArousing strong emotion
- rattleShaking sound maker
- rocking the boatCausing unwanted disruption
- joltingShaking with sudden force
overhaul · paradigm shift · transformation · catalyst · sea change · restructuring · upheaval · innovation · exhilaration · reorganization · revolutionize · changing the game · recalibration · status quo · agitating · reform · game-changer · disturbing
shaking upmaintaining
Keeping in condition
stabilizing · preserving · settling · solidifying · entrenching
shaking upcalming
Inducing a settled state
soothing · settling · reassuring · settling down · calming down
shaking upretaining
Holding onto still
standing pat · conserving · upholding · perpetuating · business as usual
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