give someone a shake-down—provide smb. with an improvised sleeping accommodation:
- You can give him a shakedown here to-night, can’t you?
Note: The expression is not antonymous in meaning to the phrase give someone a shake-up—
1. make a person suffer a nervous shock:
- Don’t disturb her. Let her sleep. That accident gave her a nasty shake-up.
2. rouse a person to action:
- It gave me a shake-up and I half heartedly started swimming and doing weights in the house.
shake someone down—(U.S. sl.)
1. extort money from smb. by threats or deception:
- If someone has money and won’t share, everyone else will shake him down.
2. search a person (for weapons, drugs, etc):
- I can not tell you how many times police officers sniffed out something “wrong” with me and shook me down.
Note: The expression is not antonymous in meaning to the phrase shake someone up—
1. = give someone a shake-up 1:
- The whole experience quite shook me up though, I don’t drink and drive but I felt quite panicky at being pulled over….
2. = give someone a shake-up 2:
- Maybe it’s time to shake him up a bit. This is a very touchy situation, given that you have a child together.