to shake confidence
1shake — [ʆeɪk] verb shook PASTTENSE [ʆʊk] shaken PASTPART [ˈʆeɪkən] [transitive] if something shakes people s confidence, hopes, belief etc, it makes them feel less confident, hopeful etc: • Consumer confidence has been badly shaken by fears of …
2shake someone's confidence — shake someone’s belief/confidence/faith/ phrase to make someone doubt something that they were certain was true Nothing could shake Mary’s confidence as an athlete. Thesaurus: to try to show that an idea or belief is wrongsynonym to make… …
3confidence — con‧fi‧dence [ˈkɒnfdns ǁ ˈkɑːn ] noun [uncountable] 1. the feeling that you can trust someone or something to do what they say, work properly etc: • We have every confidence in the team. • Our top priority is to maintain customer confidence in… …
4shake someone's belief — shake someone’s belief/confidence/faith/ phrase to make someone doubt something that they were certain was true Nothing could shake Mary’s confidence as an athlete. Thesaurus: to try to show that an idea or belief is wrongsynonym to make… …
5shake someone's faith — shake someone’s belief/confidence/faith/ phrase to make someone doubt something that they were certain was true Nothing could shake Mary’s confidence as an athlete. Thesaurus: to try to show that an idea or belief is wrongsynonym to make… …
6shake — ► VERB (past shook; past part. shaken) 1) move quickly and jerkily up and down or to and fro. 2) tremble uncontrollably with strong emotion. 3) make a threatening gesture with: he shook his fist. 4) remove or dislodge by shaking. 5) shock or… …
7shake-up — shake ups N COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of/in n A shake up is a major set of changes in an organization or a system. [JOURNALISM] The report proposed an unexpectedly radical shake up of the secondary education system... Doctors yesterday… …
8confidence — n. trust reliance 1) to enjoy, have; gain, win smb. s confidence 2) to inspire, instill confidence in smb. 3) to have; place one s confidence in smb. 4) to misplace one s confidence 5) to take smb. into one s confidence 6) to shake smb. s… …
9confidence — noun 1 belief in others ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, full, total ▪ The company needs the full confidence of its investors. ▪ great, high …
10shake — shake1 W2S3 [ʃeık] v past tense shook [ʃuk] past participle shaken [ˈʃeıkən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move)¦ 2¦(body)¦ 3 shake your head 4 shake somebody s hand/shake hands with somebody 5¦(shock)¦ 6 shake somebody s confidence/beliefs etc 7 somebody s voice… …
