shape up | Idiomator

Meaning: (intransitive,idiomatic)Toimprove; tocorrectone's badhabitsorbehavior.He'd bettershape upsoon, or he'll fail the class.1978,John Farrar, “You're the One That I Want”, performed byOlivia Newton-JohnandJohn Travolta:You bettershape up'Cause I need a manAnd my heart is set on you; (intransitive,idiomatic)Totake shape; totransforminto orbecome.The fog has vanished and it'sshaping upto be a beautiful day.1983, 02:04:00 from the start, inThe Right Stuff:Pretty good. A full refrigerator! I can see this afternoon isshaping upjust great.2017July 30, Ali Barthwell, “Ice and fire finally meet in a front-loaded episode of Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, inThe Onion AV Club‎[1]:Even though this episode felt packed to the brim and sometimes unwieldly, the strongest moments were spent with Cersei, Sansa, and Daenerys: three daughters who were never supposed to rule, wading through their pain and suffering to shape The Seven Kingdoms. A lot has been said and written about the sons in this story who were never meant to rule (Tyrion, Jon, even Sam) but this season isshaping upto be an examination of these women.; (intransitive,slang)To gesture or posture threateningly; to approach as if to fight; to pose to intimidate.Synonym:bridge up

Examples:

EN: - Oh, it's beginning to shape up.
ES: , empieza a tomar forma.
EN: Be ready tomorrow night, and you better shape up!
ES: Estate aquí mañana y pórtate bien. ¡Te lo aconsejo!
EN: You'd better shape up.
ES: Mejor sería que te pusieras en forma.
EN: You'd better shape up fast.
ES: Debes prepárate, rápido.
EN: That's what a chap like him needs in order to shape up.
ES: Es lo que un tipo como él necesita para madurar.
EN: If you shape up into any kind of a fighter .. We may be able to hit the papers with something hot.
ES: Si avanzas como boxeador, ...podríamos atacar los periódicos con algo impactante.
EN: -How's he shape up?
ES: - ¿Cómo se formó?
EN: Next time, try to shape up the way he did. And that goes for the rest of you men.
ES: La próxima vez, lo tomará como ejemplo. ¡Y esto aplica a todos!
EN: You shape up right, real big.
ES: Estás en buena forma, realmente buena.
EN: Yes, things are beginning to shape up now.
ES: Sí, las cosas empiezan a aclararse.
EN: He squawks about the shape up, that's the only way longshoremen have ever been hired. And about kickbacks, you see kid...
ES: Se desgañita con el sistema, ...es la única forma en la que han sido contratados los estibadores, ...y con las mordidas.
EN: Ah, it'll be good for everyone to get rid of Brindo and shape up.
ES: Será bueno para todos el librarse de Brindo y progresar.
EN: You do like I say or you'll be back in the shape up carrying a hook.
ES: Tú haz lo que yo digo o estarás de vuelta en el muelle llevando un garfio.
EN: Hey Max, how did it shape up?
ES: - ¿Cómo le fue?
EN: I said, "God, you get me out of this one, and I'm really gonna shape up."
ES: Dije: "Dios, sácame de èsta y te prometo que voy a enderezarme."

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