shake on it

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English

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Etymology

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Refers to the use of a handshake to confirm an agreement.

Verb

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shake on it (third-person singular simple present shakes on it, present participle shaking on it, simple past shook on it, past participle shaken on it)

  1. (informal) To agree by shaking hands; to close a deal.
    I'll bring the contract tomorrow, and if everything looks good, we'll shake on it.
    Let's shake on it!
    • 1896, Clifton Johnson, “Odds”, in What They Say in New England (non-fiction), Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Lee and Shepard Publishers, page 63:
      Often when two persons make a bargain they at its conclusion “Shake hands on it” to make it binding.

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