shaped up
Came together nicely
Shaped up means improved or developed, often after a rough start: The project finally shaped up after we hired a new manager.
It can describe someone getting their act together: He really shaped up once he stopped drinking.
To ask how something is shaping up is to inquire about its progress: How's the new job shaping up?
- progressMovement toward improvement
- self-disciplineRegulating one's own behavior
- orderlinessMethodical arrangement of things
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- exerciseActivity for fitness
straightened out · conditioning · cleaned up · change · compliance · fell in line · betterment · training · rectification · accountability · responsibility · maturity · toning · adjustment · strengthening · turned a corner · evolution · turned around
shaped upfell apart
Broke into components
deteriorated · declined · worsened · collapsed · crumbled
shaped upfell apart
Broke into components
disintegrated · dissolved · fragmented · scattered · broke down
shaped upslacked off
Reduced one's effort
let oneself go · backslid · fell off the wagon · regressed · deteriorated
shape, shaped, shaping, shapes, shaper, shapers, shapely, shapeless, misshapen