shake sb/somewhere down
US informal — phrasal verb with shake /ʃeɪk/ verb (shook, shaken)Definition
› to search a person or place carefully, usually in order to find things that are stolen or illegal: We can't shake down the whole building - only the suspect's apartment.Searching
(Definition of shake sb/somewhere down from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- beachcomber noun
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- cast around/about phrasal verb
- dig verb (SEARCH)
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- leave no stone unturned idiom
- look sth out phrasal verb
- manhunt noun
- nose verb (SEARCH)
- once-over noun (LOOKING)
- poke around phrasal verb
- scout noun (SEARCH)
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- turn a place inside out idiom
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