shake the foundations

Frequency: 7.513.0 per million words

To damage or threaten the basic principles or structure of something.

foundationVERB + foundation

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Examples (10)

  • The scandal shook the very foundations of the government.
  • A single data breach can shake the foundations of customer trust.
  • The court ruling has shaken the foundations of the tech industry.
  • Her groundbreaking paper could shake the foundations of modern physics.
  • The whistleblower’s testimony is shaking the foundations of the company’s culture.
  • If proven true, these allegations will shake the foundations of the election results.
  • The crisis shook the economy to its foundations.
  • Their divorce shook the family to its foundations.
  • A deep recession might shake the foundations of the welfare state.
  • The documentary shook the audience’s beliefs to their foundations.