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	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