GET / KNOCK / LICK STH INTO SHAPE

Meaning of GET / KNOCK / LICK STH INTO SHAPE in English

to make sth more acceptable, organized or successful :

I've got all the information together but it still needs knocking into shape.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

INTO
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GET
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHAPE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LICK — I. ˈlik verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English licken, from Old English liccian; akin to Old Saxon likkon to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KNOCK — I. ˈnäk verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English knoken, knokken, from Old English cnocian, cnucian; akin to Middle High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INTO — I. |intə, -n.tu̇, -n-(ˌ)tü, +V often -ntəw preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English intō, from in (II) + tō …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GET
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LICK — (v.) A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick …
Английский словарь Webster
INTO — (prep.) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be …
Английский словарь Webster
INTO — ( prep. ) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances …
Webster's Revised 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
LICK
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KNOCK — — knockless , adj. /nok/ , v.i. 1. to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INTO — /in"tooh/ ; unstressed /in"too, -teuh/ , prep. 1. to the inside of; in toward: He walked into the room. The …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GET
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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
LICK — I. ˈlik verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English liccian; akin to Old High German leckōn to lick, Latin lingere, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KNOCK — I. ˈnäk verb Etymology: Middle English knoken, from Old English cnocian; akin to Middle High German knochen to press Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GET — I. ˈget, ÷ˈgit verb ( got ˈgät ; got or got·ten ˈgä-t ə n ; get·ting ) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INTO — preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English intō, from in (II) + tō to Date: before 12th century 1. — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHAPE — noun dress for disguise; guise. 2. shape ·noun a model; a pattern; a mold. 3. shape ·vi to suit; to …
Webster English vocab
LICK — noun a slap; a quick stroke. 2. lick ·v a stroke of the tongue in licking. 3. lick ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
KNOCK — noun a stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. 2. knock ·vt to strike for admittance; to rap …
Webster English vocab
INTO — prep denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas into other words. 2. into ·prep to the inside of; within. it is …
Webster English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
LICK — [lick] vb [ME, fr. OE liccian; akin to OHG leckon to lick, L lingere, Gk leichein] vt (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KNOCK — [knock] vb [ME knoken, fr. OE cnocian; akin to MHG knochen to press] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to strike something …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHAPE — / ʃeɪp; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] the form of the outer …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LICK — / lɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. to move your tongue over the surface of sth in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KNOCK
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INTO — / ˈɪntə; NAmE ; before vowels strong form ˈɪntu; strong form ˈɪntuː/ preposition HELP NOTE : For the special uses …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GET — / get; NAmE / verb ( getting , got , got / gɒt; NAmE gɑːt/) HELP NOTE : In spoken …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAPE — I. shape 1 S2 W2 /ʃeɪp/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ shapeless , ↑ shapely , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LICK — I. lick 1 S3 /lɪk/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: liccian ] 1 . TONGUE [transitive] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KNOCK — I. knock 1 S1 W3 /nɒk $ nɑːk/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cnocian ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INTO — in ‧ to S1 W1 /ˈɪntə; before vowels ˈɪntʊ; strong ˈɪntuː/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHAPE — n. & v. --n. 1 the total effect produced by the outlines of a thing. 2 the external form or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LICK — v. & n. --v.tr. & intr. 1 tr. pass the tongue over, esp. to taste, moisten, or (of animals) clean. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KNOCK
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INTO — prep. 1 expressing motion or direction to a point on or within (walked into a tree; ran into the house). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHAPE — n. & v. n. 1 the total effect produced by the outlines of a thing. 2 the external form or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LICK — v. & n. v.tr. & intr. 1 tr. pass the tongue over, esp. to taste, moisten, or (of animals) clean. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KNOCK
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
INTO — prep. 1 expressing motion or direction to a point on or within (walked into a tree; ran into the house). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GET — v. & n. v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
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
LICK — v. & n. --v.tr. & intr. 1. tr. pass the tongue over, esp. to taste, moisten, or (of animals) clean. …
Oxford English vocab
KNOCK
Oxford English vocab
INTO — prep. 1. expressing motion or direction to a point on or within (walked into a tree; ran into the house). …
Oxford English vocab
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1. tr. come into …
Oxford English vocab
GET — I. CHANGING, CAUSING, MOVING, OR REACHING /get/ ( gets, getting, got, or gotten) Frequency: The word is one of 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
LICK — ( licks, licking, licked) 1. When people or animals lick something, they move their tongue across its surface. The dog …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KNOCK — ( knocks, knocking, knocked) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INTO — Pronounced /ɪntu:/ or /ɪntu:/, particularly before pronouns and for meaning 14. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAPE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES body shape ▪ If you’re not happy with your body shape, you should do …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LICK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a lick of paint informal (= a layer of paint used to make something …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KNOCK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES knock on/at the door (= hit it with your hand to make someone open …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LICK
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
KNOCK — Synonyms and related words : KO, abuse, adverse criticism, animadversion, arouse, aspersion, associate with, astonish, astound, awaken, bad notices, bad …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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