- shake the foundation of
- Математика: подрывать основы
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
shake the foundations of something — shake/rock/the foundations of something shake/rock something to its foundations phrase to bring major changes or cause serious damage to an institution, set of beliefs etc, especially by making people question their basic ideas Thesaurus: to… … Useful english dictionary
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