shake down
verb- To cause something to fall down by shaking it, or something it is attached to. · shake down apples from an apple tree.
- To shake someone so money falls from their pockets.
- To extort money from (someone) by means of threats.
- To search exhaustively.
- To subject something to a shakedown test.
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