shake down
phrasal verbshake down
- (informal) (of a new situation or arrangement) to become established
融入新环境;适应新工作 - Let's wait and see how everything shakes down.
让我们拭目以待,看看一切会怎样。
- Let's wait and see how everything shakes down.
shake somebody/something down (North American English, informal)
- to search a person or place completely and very carefully
related noun shakedown彻底搜查(某人、某地) - to threaten somebody in order to get money from them
勒索;敲诈