lick into shape
Example Sentences
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"Isn't there any one else up here not going in for it that you could lick into shape?"
From The Dark Tower by Soper, J. H. Gardner
Of the new-comers he has got to lick into shape, Howard is the most promising candidate.
From Harper's Round Table, October 1, 1895 by Various
“Rather an awkward cub to lick into shape, my nephew, eh?”
From The Haute Noblesse A Novel by Fenn, George Manville
To turn to other matters, I have a couple of half finished O'Ds. which, if you like to print, I shall have time to lick into shape.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Downey, Edmund
"A rare lump to lick into shape, upon my word."
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus
