shake down

[shake down] {v. phr.}

1. To cause to fall by shaking.

* /He shook some pears down from the free./

2. {informal} 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./

3. {slang} To get money from by threats.

* /The gangsters shook the store owner down every month./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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