Read full poem →Find a swift Yankee clipper—here is freight for you, black-bellied clipper,
Up with your anchor! shake out your sails! steer straight toward Boston bay.
Dictionary Entry
(also figurative) To agitate a piece of cloth or other flexible material in order to remove dust, or to try to make it smooth and flat.
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Poetry examples for “shake out”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.