lick into shape
Example Sentences
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"Weird birds," soliloquized Mostyn; "but perhaps they'll lick into shape."
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
Here was a squad to lick into shape, to fashion into a team.
From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward
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
A poor show," said he, "but they may lick into shape.
From The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
