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shaggy dog story
shaggy dog joke
A special kind of joke whose long and often convoluted introduction and development delay the effect of the punch line.
Uncle Joe only seems to bore his audiences with his long shaggy dog jokes, for when he comes to the long-awaited punch line, he gets very few laughs.
shake a leg
To go fast; hurry.
Shake a leg! The bus won't wait.
shake down
To cause to fall by shaking.
He shook some pears down from the free.
To test, practice, get running smoothly (a ship or ship's crew).
The captain shook down his new ship on a voyage to the Mediterranean Sea.
To get money from by threats.
The gangsters shook the store owner down every month.
shake hands
To exchange greetings by clasping hands.
The student warmly shook hands with his old professor.
When people meet for the first time, they usually shake hands.
shake in one's shoes
shake in one's boots
To be very much afraid.
The robber shook in his boots when the police knocked on his door.
shake off
To get away from when followed; get rid of; escape from.
A convict escaped from prison and shook off the officers trying to follow him.
Tom could not shake off his cold.
shake the dust from one's feet
To depart or leave with some measure of disgust or displeasure.
Jim was so unhappy in our small, provincial town that he was glad to shake the dust from his feet and move to New York.
shake up
To bother; worry; disturb.
The notice about a cut in pay shook up everybody in the office.