shake down
Example Sentences
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The precedent also encourages plaintiff attorneys to shake down companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
So how will the "usual suspects", the "softies", the "newbies" and the "toadies" shake down?
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025
Fewer than half of workers now trust their organization to give them a fair shake, down to 46% from 54% last year, according to a separate survey from the Society for Human Resource Management.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2023
“Keith defined the industry he covered,” wrote Mr. Murdoch, whom Mr. Kelly in fact was known to buttonhole boldly in elevators and shake down for information like anyone else.
From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2021
“I smell snow. Remember how, when we were kids we used to look up at the sky and holler, ‘Feather boy, feather boy, shake down some feathers from the sky.’”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
