shape up

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === shape up (third-person singular simple present shapes up, present participle shaping up, simple past and past participle shaped up) (intransitive, idiomatic) To improve; to correct one's bad habits or behavior. (intransitive, idiomatic) To take shape; to transform into or become. (intransitive, slang) To gesture or posture threateningly; to approach as if to fight; to pose to intimidate. Synonym: bridge up ==== Synonyms ==== (correct one's bad habits or behavior): improve, pull one's finger out, pull one's socks up (transform into): become, turn into, turn out to be ==== Derived terms ==== shape up or ship out ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== in shape === Anagrams === heaps up, upheaps