1.
If something is shaping up, it is starting to develop or seems likely to happen.
There are also indications that a major tank battle may be shaping up for tonight...
The accident is already shaping up as a significant environmental disaster...
It’s shaping up to be a terrible winter.
PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P as n, V P to-inf, also V P into n
2.
If you ask how someone or something is shaping up, you want to know how well they are doing in a particular situation or activity.
I did have a few worries about how Hugh and I would ~ as parents...
Girls are being recruited now. I heard they are shaping up very well.
PHRASAL VERB: V P as n, V P adv
3.
If you tell someone to ~, you are telling them to start behaving in a sensible and responsible way.
It is no use simply to tell adolescents to ~ and do something useful.
PHRASAL VERB: V P