knock/lick sth/sb into shape
US usually whip sth/sb into shapeto take action to get something or someone into the good condition that you would like:
to knock the economy into shape
A better teacher would have licked him into shape.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making things better
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- heal
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- patch sth up
- redeem
- relieve
- salve
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- straighten sb out
- streamline
- sugar-coated
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