Usually means: Remove or eliminate by shaking.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. shake out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shake out: Merriam-Webster
  3. shake out: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. shake-out, shake-out: Collins English Dictionary
  5. shake-out: Wordnik
  6. shake out: Wiktionary
  7. shake-out, shake out: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shake out: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shake out: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shake out: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (shake out)

verb:  (transitive, also figurative) To agitate a piece of cloth or other flexible material in order to remove dust, or to try to make it smooth and flat.
verb:  (nautical, transitive) To unfurl a reef from a sail
verb:  (idiomatic) To result or transpire.
verb:  (sports) To shake one's arms or legs, in order to resist muscle fatigue.

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