shake-up

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, huge, major, massive

▪ complete, wholesale (BrE), wide-ranging

▪ controversial, radical

▪ proposed

▪ long-awaited

▪ urgent

▪ boardroom, government (BrE), management

VERB + SHAKE-UP

▪ need

▪ call for

▪

The paper calls for an urgent shake-up in the health-care system.

▪ plan, promise

▪

The headline read ‘Local company plans shake-up’.

▪ face, have, undergo

▪

Police forces face the biggest shake-up in their 150-year history.

▪ lead to

▪

This case could lead to a shake-up of the prison system.

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the shake-up

▪

the posts that were scrapped in the recent shake-up

▪ shake-up at

▪

a major shake-up at the company

▪ shake-up in

▪

a radical shake-up in the chemical industry