"shape up or ship out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-shape up or ship out.ogg Forms: shapes up or ships out [present, singular, third-person], shaping up or shipping out [participle, present, singular, third-person], shaped up or shipped out [participle, past, present, singular, third-person], shaped up or shipped out [past, present, singular, third-person]
Head templates: {{en-verb|shape<> up or ship<> out|head=shape up or ship out}} shape up or ship out (third-person singular simple present shapes up or ships out, present participle shaping up or shipping out, simple past and past participle shaped up or shipped out)
  1. (idiomatic) To either improve one's behavior or else be required to leave; to either improve one's performance in an activity or else withdraw from that activity completely. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: shit or get off the pot, fit in or fuck off, up or out Translations (to either improve one's behavior or else be required to leave): vagy megszoksz, vagy megszöksz (Hungarian), megszoksz vagy megszöksz (Hungarian)
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