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shape up

verb as in inculcate

verb as in neaten

verb as in progress

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But the FDA allowed Spinal Solutions to continue selling its products while the company tried to shape up, court filings show.

So 2018 will shape up as another wipeout, and the Senate will flip back to the GOP again.

That, he passed down to his son, around whom a campaign to draft him for the Senate had begun to shape up.

The first is to help the Ukrainians shape up as a condition for Western military and financial aid.

That's love, and while they'd probably tell me to shape up and be a better man, that's love too.

Also shape up the "false" extensions of these pieces which are to be fastened below the lower frame at the corners.

I heard Joe telling Pinky the other day that youd ought to shape up well for next year.

His butter-ball body was elongating, and his huge feet and legs were beginning to shape up.

If things shape up sobut the fact is, I can promise nothing, say nothingat present.

But maybe—we'll see how things shape up—maybe I'll send you back home.

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On this page you'll find 1169 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shape up, such as: adapt, adjust, fit, integrate, modify, and accord.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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