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SHAPE UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Develop in a positive way
Example:
Plans are shaping up
Synonyms:
advance; come along; come on; get along; get on; progress; shape up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "shape up" is one way to...):
develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shape up"):
climb (improve one's social status)
leapfrog (progress by large jumps instead of small increments)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
