shake the plum tree (English, verb)
expansion: shake the plum tree (third-person singular simple present shakes the plum tree, present participle shaking the plum tree, simple past shook the plum tree, past participle shaken the plum tree)
Senses:
glosses: To obtain a source of advantage, such as for political favors or appointments.
tags: idiomatic
uncommon
Forms:
form: shakes the plum tree
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: shaking the plum tree
tags: participle
present
form: shook the plum tree
tags: past
form: shaken the plum tree
tags: participle
past