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Collocations for shake-up - noun

ADJECTIVE

big, huge, major, massive
complete, wholesale (BrE), wide-ranging
controversial, radical
proposed
long-awaited
urgent
boardroom, government (BrE), management

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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.

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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

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