SHAPE UP

Meaning of SHAPE UP in English

v. phr. , informal 1. To begin to act or work right; get along satisfactorily. If the new boy doesn't begin to shape up soon, he'll have to leave school. "How is the building of the new gym coming along?" "Fine. It's shaping up very well." 2. To show promise. Plans for our picnic are shaping up very well.

American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012

SHAPE UP — verb Date: circa 1920 intransitive verb to improve to a good or acceptable condition or standard of behavior , transitive …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHAPE-UP — noun Date: 1940 a system of hiring workers and especially longshoremen by the day or shift by having applicants gather …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHAPE-UP — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: shape up : a system of hiring longshoremen by having applicants gather usually in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHAPE-UP — /shayp"up'/ , n. 1. an act or instance of shaping up. 2. a former method of hiring longshoremen in which …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHAPE UP — change, be shaped, develop; get organized; behave in a more respectable manner
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SHAPE UP — Date: circa 1920 intransitive verb : to improve to a good or acceptable condition or standard of behavior shaping up …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHAPE-UP — noun Date: 1940 : a system of hiring workers and especially longshoremen by the day or shift by having applicants …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHAPE-UP — Pronunciation: ' sh ā p- ˌ ə p Function: noun Date: 1940 : a system of hiring workers and especially …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SHAPE UP — Function: intransitive verb Date: circa 1920 : to improve to a good or acceptable condition or standard of behavior < …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SHAPE UP — ~ become physically fit. → shape ———————— ~ develop in a particular way. → shape
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHAPE-UP — [shape-up] n (1940): a system of hiring workers and esp. longshoremen by the day or shift by having applicants gather …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHAPE UP — [shape up] vi (ca. 1920): to improve to a good or acceptable condition or standard of behavior ~ vt: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHAPE UP — 1. to develop in a particular way, especially in a good way : Our plans are shaping up nicely (= …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAPE UP — shape up phrasal verb informal ( see also ↑ shape ) 1 . to improve your behaviour or work: You …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHAPE UP — 1. If something is shaping up , it is starting to develop or seems likely to happen. There are also …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAPE UP — 1. If something is shaping up, it is starting to develop or seems likely to happen. There are also indications …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SHAPE UP — Synonyms and related words : advance, ameliorate, amend, be so, be such, come along, come on, come out, come through, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHAPE UP — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To begin to act or work right; get along satisfactorily. * /If the new boy doesn't …
Slang English vocab
SHAPE UP — her work is shaping up nicely : IMPROVE, get better, progress, show promise; develop, take shape, come on, come along. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHAPE UP — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To begin to act or work right; get along satisfactorily. * /If the new boy doesn't …
Словарь английских идиом
SHAPE UP — begin to act and look right He has finally begun to shape up and is doing his job much better.
English Idioms vocab
SHAPE UP — improve, reform, get it together The coach told us to shape up - to come to practice on time.
English Idioms vocabulary
SHAPE UP — разг. развиваться, приспосабливать The young soldiers who arrived last month are shaping up nicely. ≈ Прибывшие в прошлом месяце новобранцы …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHAPE UP — phr v разг. 1. 1> принимать определённую форму 2> придавать определённую форму 2. амер. приспосабливаться, подчиняться ( общему мнению и …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHAPE UP — разг. развиваться, приспосабливать The young soldiers who arrived last month are shaping up nicely. — Прибывшие в прошлом месяце новобранцы …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SHAPE UP — phr v разг. 1. 1) принимать определённую форму 2) придавать определённую форму 2. амер. приспосабливаться, подчиняться ( общему мнению и …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SHAPE UP — phr v разг. 1. 1> принимать определённую форму 2> придавать определённую форму 2. амер. приспосабливаться, подчиняться ( общему мнению и …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SHAPE UP — придавать определенную форму, подавать надежды, делать успехи
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SHAPE UP — придавать определенную форму, подавать надежды, делать успехи
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SHAPE UP — разг. развиваться, приспосабливать The young soldiers who arrived last month are shaping up nicely. — Прибывшие в прошлом месяце новобранцы …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SHAPE UP — разг. развиваться, приспосабливать The young soldiers who arrived last month are shaping up nicely. — Прибывшие в прошлом месяце новобранцы адаптируются …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SHAPE UP — _собир. развиваться, приспосабливать The young soldiers who arrived last month are shaping up nicely.
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SHAPE UP — собир. развиваться, приспосабливать The young soldiers who arrived last month are shaping up nicely.
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SHAPE UP — (v.phr.) складываться;вырисоваться
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
SHAPE UP — принимать определённую форму
Англо-Русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу
SHAPE UP — I phrvi infml 1) The game plan for the election was beginning to shape up — План действий на время избирательной кампании …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SHAPE UP — I phrvi infml 1) The game plan for the election was beginning to shape up — План действий на время …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
SHAPE UP — shape up phrvi infml 1. The game plan for the election was beginning to shape up План действий на время …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SHAPE UP — I 1) The game plan for the election was beginning to shape up — План действий на время избирательной кампании …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SHAPE UP — складываться; вырисовываться; изменяться; формироваться
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
SHAPE UP — складываться; вырисовываться; изменяться; формироваться
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
SHAPE UP — (v.phr.) складываться;вырисоваться
English Russian slang dictionary
SHAPE UP — v. informal 1. начинать работу, приступать: - You should begin to shape up if you don't want to leave the …
Англо-Русский сленговый словарь
SHAPE UP — разг. развиваться, приспосабливать The young soldiers who arrived last month are shaping up nicely. ≈ Прибывшие в прошлом месяце новобранцы …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHAPE — — shapable, shapeable , adj. /shayp/ , n. , v. , shaped, shaping . n. 1. the quality of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHAPE — I. ˈshāp verb ( shaped ; shap·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceapen, gescapen, past participle of scieppan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
SHAPE — noun dress for disguise; guise. 2. shape ·noun a model; a pattern; a mold. 3. shape ·vi to suit; to …
Webster English vocab
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAPE — / ʃeɪp; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] the form of the outer …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHAPE — I. shape 1 S2 W2 /ʃeɪp/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ shapeless , ↑ shapely , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHAPE — n. & v. --n. 1 the total effect produced by the outlines of a thing. 2 the external form or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHAPE — n. & v. n. 1 the total effect produced by the outlines of a thing. 2 the external form or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHAPE — n. & v. --n. 1. the total effect produced by the outlines of a thing. 2 the external form or …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAPE — ( shapes, shaping, shaped) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The shape …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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American Idioms English vocabulary

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