'shape up' definitions:
Definition of 'shape up'
(from WordNet)
verb
Develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" [syn: progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up] [ant: regress, retrograde, retrogress]
Synonyms of 'shape up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- ameliorate,
- amend,
- be so,
- be such,
- come along,
- come on,
- come out,
- come through,
- come together,
- contrive,
- crystallize,
- develop,
- draw up,
- fall in,
- fall into line,
- fall into place,
- fall into rank,
- fare,
- form,
- gain,
- gain ground,
- gather around,
- get ahead,
- get along,
- get by,
- get on,
- go ahead,
- go along,
- go forward,
- go on,
- graduate,
- grow better,
- improve,
- look up,
- make headway,
- make out,
- make progress,
- make strides,
- manage,
- materialize,
- meliorate,
- mend,
- perk up,
- pick up,
- place itself,
- progress,
- rally round,
- range itself,
- shape,
- show improvement,
- skyrocket,
- stack up,
- take form,
- take its place,
- take off,
- take order,
- take rank,
- take shape,
- turn out
Words containing 'shape up'
- Shape,
- Shaped,
- Shapely,
- Shaping,
- in shape,
- out of shape,
- Shaping machine,
- Structural shape,
- To lick into shape,
- To take shape,
- V shaped,
- Y shaped,
- amorphous shape,
- angular shape,
- bell shape,
- change of shape,
- change shape,
- concave shape,
- cone shape,
- convex shape,
- curved shape,
- disk shape,
- distorted shape,
- fan shaped,
- funnel shape,
- funnel shaped,
- gaussian shape,
- good shape,
- leaf shape,
- moon shaped,
- natural shape,
- polygonal shape,
- round shape,
- s-shape,
- s-shaped,
- saucer shaped,
- shape constancy,
- shape-up,
- shaping tool,
- t-shaped,
- take shape,
- top shape,
- wave shape,
- wedge shape,
- Bell-shaped,
- Boat-shaped,
- Bristle-shaped,
- Club-shaped,
- Comb-shaped,
- Diamond-shaped,
- Fiddle-shaped,
- Globe-shaped,
- Halberd-shaped,
- Helmet-shaped,
- Kidney-shaped,
- Lath-shaped,
- Linear-shaped,
- Lozenge-shaped,
- Pear-shaped,
- Saddle-shaped,
- Salver-shaped,
- Spindle-shaped,
- Strap-shaped,
- Sword-shaped,
- Thread-shaped,
- To shape one's self,
- Tongue-shaped,
- Top-shaped,
- Trumpet-shaped,
- U-shaped,
- Urn-shaped,
- Vase-shaped,
- Wedge-shaped,
- Wheel-shaped,
- Whip-shaped,
- Worm-shaped,
- acorn-shaped,
- almond-shaped,
- apple-shaped,
- arrow-shaped,
- awl-shaped,
- bag-shaped,
- ball-shaped,
- bar-shaped,
- barrel-shaped,
- basket-shaped,
- bean-shaped,
- belt-shaped,
- boot-shaped,
- bottle-shaped,
- bowl-shaped,
- box-shaped,
- brick-shaped,
- bulb-shaped,
- butterfly-shaped,
- button-shaped,
- cigar-shaped,
- claw-shaped,
- cone-shaped,
- cowl-shaped,
- crescent-shaped,
- cross-shaped,
- cube-shaped,
- cucumber-shaped,
- cup-shaped,
- disc-shaped,
- dish-shaped,
- disk-shaped,
- dome-shaped,
- doughnut-shaped,
- drum-shaped,
- ear-shaped,
- eel-shaped,
- egg-shaped,
- fan-shaped,
- fig-shaped,
- foot-shaped,
- football-shaped,
- funnel-shaped,
- goblet-shaped,
- guitar-shaped,
- h-shaped,
- hammer-shaped,
- harp-shaped,
- heart-shaped,
- hook-shaped,
- horn-shaped,
- hourglass-shaped,
- keel-shaped,
- l-shaped,
- lance-shaped,
- lancet-shaped,
- lip-shaped,
- lyre-shaped,
- needle-shaped,
- nutmeg-shaped,
- oval-shaped,
- oven-shaped,
- paddle-shaped,
- palm-shaped,
- pillar-shaped,
- pinwheel-shaped,
- pitcher-shaped,
- pouch-shaped,
- pumpkin-shaped,
- ribbon-shaped,
- ring-shaped,
- rod-shaped,
- saucer-shaped,
- sausage-shaped,
- shield-shaped,
- sickle-shaped,
- slipper-shaped,
- spade-shaped,
- spatula-shaped,
- spearhead-shaped,
- spider-shaped,
- spoon-shaped,
- square-shaped,
- star-shaped,
- stirrup-shaped,
- tadpole-shaped,
- tail-shaped,
- tassel-shaped,
- thimble-shaped,
- tree-shaped,
- tube-shaped,
- turnip-shaped,
- umbrella-shaped,
- v-shaped,
- w-shaped,
- watermelon-shaped,
- wing-shaped,
- y-shaped,
- Wedge-shaped characters,
- bell-shaped curve,
- falcate sickle-shaped,
- mushroom-shaped cloud,
- tube-shaped structure,
- saddled-shaped false morel