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    [Adjective]  | "shook-up" | \ ˌshu̇k-ˈəp \


    1: nervously upset : agitated


    Origin: 1897 ;

    [Verb]  | "shake up" 


    1: chide, scold

    2: to jar by or as if by a physical shock

    3: to effect an extensive and often drastic reorganization of


    Origin: 1538 ;

    [Verb]  | "shook up" 


    1: to cause an unpleasant surprise for;


      * e.g., " ... the news that we had failed the auto inspection shook us up "



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    [Verb]  | "shake up" 


    1: to cause an unpleasant surprise for;


      * e.g., " ... the news that we had failed the auto inspection shook us up "



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     [ "shook up" ]

    1: I've heard the phrase "shook up" meaning "shaken up" or "shocked" in American tv series, but I'm not sure it is correct.

      * e.g.,  ... Sheila overheard a conversation between her best friends. They said her boyfriend was cheating on her, so she's pretty shook up. 

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