lick into shape

Strongest matches

• teach
• train
• tutor

Strong matches

• cram
• drill
• educate
• hone
• prepare
• ready
• school

Weak matches

• break in
• lay it out for
• pull one's coat
• put through the grind
• put through the mill

Strong matches

• accustom
• exercise
• habituate
• hone
• instruct
• learn
• practice
• rehearse
• teach

Weak matches

• break in
• get into shape
• tune up
• walk through
• work out

Strongest matches

• develop
• exert
• improve
• prepare
• train
• work out

Strong matches

• break
• condition
• cultivate
• discipline
• drill
• fix
• foster
• groom
• habituate
• hone
• inure
• labor
• maneuver
• ply
• practice
• rehearse
• set
• strain
• teach
• work

Weak matches

• break in
• dry run
• limber up
• loosen up
• pump iron
• put out
• put through grind
• put through mill
• run through
• tune up
• walk through
• warm up

Strongest matches

• comb
• educate
• prim
• tend

Strong matches

• brush
• clean
• coach
• curry
• dress
• drill
• nurture
• preen
• prep
• prime
• primp
• ready
• refine
• refresh
• sleek
• tidy
• train

Weak matches

• make attractive
• make presentable
• pretty up
• put through grind
• put through mill
• rub down
• shape up
• slick up
• smarten up
• spiff up
• spruce up
• turn out

Strongest matches

• construct
• coordinate
• create
• establish
• form
• formulate
• regulate
• run
• set up

Strong matches

• adapt
• adjust
• catalogue
• classify
• codify
• combine
• compose
• constitute
• correlate
• dispose
• fashion
• fit
• frame
• group
• harmonize
• marshal
• mold
• pigeonhole
• range
• settle
• shape
• standardize
• straighten
• tabulate
• tailor

Weak matches

• be responsible for
• get going
• get-together
• line up
• look after
• methodize
• put in order
• put together
• see to
• straighten out
• take care of
• whip into shape