Английский словарь американских идиом - shape up
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Shape up
shape up
{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./
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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 shape up 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 shape up, you are telling them to start behaving in a sensible and responsible way. It is no use simply to tell adolescents to shape up and do something useful. PHRASAL VERB: V P ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb Date: circa 1920 intransitive verb to improve to a good or acceptable condition or standard of behavior shaping up at the gym transitive verb to bring to a good or acceptable condition or standard of behavior ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. разг. принимать определенную форму; придавать определенную форму 2. ам. приспосабливаться, подчиняться (общему мнению и т. п.) 3. приводить себя в форму, тренироваться 4. готовиться (к чему-л.) 5. развиваться, расти; подавать надежды how are the new boys in your team shaping up? —- как успехи у новых ребят в вашей команде? the two swimmers are shaping up very nicely —- оба пловца подают большие надежды (быстро растут) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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