shake down

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Noun Phrase, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

THESAURUS

shake down

assay, badger, blackmail, bring to test, comb, confirm, cut and try, essay, exact, experiment, extort, fan, force from, frisk, give a try, give a tryout, gouge, have a go, levy blackmail, look all over, look everywhere, pinch, play around with, practice upon, prove, pry loose from, put to trial, rake, ransack, rend, rend from, research, rifle, rip, rip from, road-test, rummage, run a sample, sample, scour, screw, search high heaven, shake, snatch from, squeeze, substantiate, taste, tear from, test, toss, try, try it on, try out, turn inside out, turn upside down, validate, verify, wrench, wrench from, wrest, wring, wring from