shape up
informal— phrasal verb with shape uk/ʃeɪp/us/ʃeɪp/verb [ T ]
[ usually continuous ] to develop:
How are your plans shaping up?
Things seem to be shaping up nicely.
Carl is shaping up very well in his new job.
to improve your behaviour or performance:
I've been told that if I don't shape up, I'll lose my job.
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Making progress and advancing
- a step forward idiom
- advance
- advancement
- ahead
- be cooking idiom
- betterment
- develop
- go great guns idiom
- graduate
- grow
- grow into sb/sth
- grow out of sth
- have come a long way idiom
- rise
- shape
- speciation
- spread your wings idiom
- steer a course/path idiom
- step
- streak ahead
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