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shake out

• empty something out by shaking a container.
• "he shook out a handful of painkillers"
• spread or open something folded or crumpled by shaking it.
• "he shook out the newspaper"
• get rid of or abandon an attitude or practice.
• "we are going to shake out the old attitudes"
• eventually happen.
• "we'll see what shakes out"

shake-out noun

• an upheaval in or radical reorganization of a business, market, or organization, typically involving streamlining and redundancies.
• "the current shake-out in the computer industry"


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