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'milkshake' is a compound noun, or at least Firefox's spell checker doesn't insist on hyphenation. To 'shake up' is perfectly idiomatic. Using 'up' as a standa
by petecox 8y ago
'milkshake' is a compound noun, or at least Firefox's spell checker doesn't insist on hyphenation.
To 'shake up' is perfectly idiomatic. Using 'up' as a standalone verb is less common and should be your cue.
- always_good 8y agoThat's irrelevant. Like "the old man the boat," the combination makes it hard to parse. The cue is that you get to "the boat" and realize you misinterpreted it. The point was not that it was impossible to understand.