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shakedown

 noun
     
shake‧down [countable]
1 American English informal when someone gets money from another person by using threats:
a Mafia shakedown
2 American English informal a thorough search of a place or a person:
No weapons were found during the shakedown.
3 a period of time when people start to get used to a new arrangement and it becomes more effective
4 a period of time when prices are falling on a financial market
5 a final test of a boat, plane etc before it is put into general use:
The new system is in its shakedown phase.
6

the final shakedown

the final situation, after a lot of other things have happened
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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