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1 shape up
I phrvi infml1)The game plan for the election was beginning to shape up — План действий на время избирательной кампании начал обретать конкретные черты
2)The young soldiers who arrived last month are shaping up nicely now — Новобранцы, прибывшие в прошлом месяце, уже привыкают к солдатской службе
3)You'd better shape up, young man — Вам, молодой человек, следует в корне пересмотреть свое поведение
II phrvt infmlI guess I'd better shape up if I want to stay in school — Мне нужно подтянуться, если я хочу остаться в школе
You've got to shape up that awkward squad, sarge! — Сделай мне из этих неуклюжих парней молодцеватых солдат, сержант
См. также в других словарях:
shape up — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To begin to act or work right; get along satisfactorily. * /If the new boy doesn t begin to shape up soon, he ll have to leave school./ * / How is the building of the new gym coming along? Fine. It s shaping up very well … Dictionary of American idioms
shape up — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To begin to act or work right; get along satisfactorily. * /If the new boy doesn t begin to shape up soon, he ll have to leave school./ * / How is the building of the new gym coming along? Fine. It s shaping up very well … Dictionary of American idioms
shape up — 1. in. to improve; to reform. □ I want to get things shaped up around here. □ I guess I’d better shape up if I want to stay in school. 2. in. to assume a final form or structure. □ The game plan for the election was beginning to shape up … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
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