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SHAPE UP

Pronunciation (US):

• SHAPE UP (verb)
The verb SHAPE UP has 1 sense:

1. develop in a positive way

Familiarity information: SHAPE UP used as a verb is very rare.

• SHAPE UP (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Develop in a positive way

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

progress; shape up; come along; come on; get along; get on; advance

Context examples:

He progressed well in school / My plants are coming along / Plans are shaping up

Hypernyms (to "shape up" is one way to...):

develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shape up"):

climb (improve one's social status)

leapfrog (progress by large jumps instead of small increments)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

"You can't teach grandpa to suck eggs."
(English proverb)
"Man has responsibility, not power."
(Native American proverb, Tuscarora)

"It hits like a grip on a pig."
(Dutch proverb)

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