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shake down
verb as in blackmail
verb as in dig
verb as in elicit
verb as in exact
verb as in experiment
verb as in extort
verb as in practice
verb as in ransack
Strong matches
verb as in rummage
Strong matches
verb as in screw
verb as in search
Strongest matches
verb as in squeeze
verb as in test
Strong matches
Example Sentences
One might hypothesize the maid was part of a scam to shake down any rich old man in a luxury suite.
But not everyone does: Courtship is a massively multiplayer game whose rules shake down differently for each player.
And I am not sure even now that when these two things are found in one and the same woman they ever really shake down together.
The hair should be so securely put up that it will not shake down, and that the hair-pins will not work out.
The hermit said unto the deer, O deer, why didst thou shake down the seed?
I often climb into the trees in Charlotte's orchard, and shake down the pears that hang on the highest branches.
If we once thoroughly understood each other we'd shake down better and go our ways in peace.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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