shape-up
Start doing better
Shape-up refers to an improvement or the process of getting into proper condition: The team needs a serious shape-up before playoffs.
To shape up is to improve one's behavior or performance: Shape up or ship out.
Historically, a shape-up was a system where longshoremen gathered at docks each morning hoping to be selected for work—a practice notorious for favoritism and corruption.
Improve by correcting faults
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
- improveRaise in quality
- effortApplied energy toward goals
correction · attitude · behavior · performance · focus · change · responsibility · maturity
Structured physical exercise
gym · training · transformation · bootcamp · regimen · tighten · firm · conditioning
Alert about danger
- ultimatumNon-negotiable final terms
- threatIndication of potential harm
- demandForceful request or requirement
- choiceAct of selecting
consequence · deadline · comply · conform · perform · standard · accountability · dismissal
reform
Improve by correcting faults
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
- improveRaise in quality
effort · correction · attitude · behavior · performance · focus · change · responsibility · maturity · commitment
workout
Structured physical exercise
slim · gym · training · transformation · bootcamp · regimen · tighten · firm · conditioning · body
warning
Alert about danger
- ultimatumNon-negotiable final terms
- threatIndication of potential harm
- demandForceful request or requirement
choice · consequence · deadline · comply · conform · perform · standard · accountability · dismissal · termination
longshoremen
Waterfront cargo laborers
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- waterfrontLand beside navigable waters
- casualRelaxed and informal
selection · morning · pier · gang · stevedore · union · maritime · port · foreman · corruption
haircut
Styling by trimming
lineup · fade · styling · taper · clean-cut · razor · clippers · neckline · sideburns · shave
shape-uplet oneself go
Cease self-restraint
decline · regression · backslide · deteriorate · regress
shape-upfall apart
Break into pieces
disintegrate · collapse · unravel · go to pieces · break down
shape, shapes, shaped, shaping, shapely, shapeless, reshape, reshaped, reshaping