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shake things up

idiom/ʃeɪk θɪŋz ʌp/

to make significant changes to improve or refresh a situation

The company was losing customers, so they hired a new manager to shake things up and bring in fresh ideas.

word origin — From the 1800s — shaking up settled contents in a container disturbs everything that had peacefully sunk to the bottom.