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shake tree
shake (someone's) tree
Slang To arouse to action or reaction; disturb: "[He] so shook Hollywood's tree that ... all manner of ... people called me unsolicited to itemize his mistakes or praise his courage" (Tina Brown).
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Eadgar | | - | Anglo-Saxon |
| Bhavna | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam |
| Karam | | - | Arabic |
| Vili | | VEE-lee (Finnish) | Hungarian, Slovene, Finnish |
| My | | - | Swedish |
| Miyako | | mee-yah-ko | Japanese |