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    SHAPE UP

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     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Develop in a positive wayplay

    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

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