Shape Up (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. an act or instance of shaping up.
  2. a former method of hiring longshoremen in which the applicants appeared daily at the docks and a union hiring boss chose those who would be given work.
verb (intr, adverb)
  1. to proceed or develop satisfactorily
  2. to develop a definite or proper form
noun shapeup
  1. (formerly) a method of hiring dockers for a day or shift by having a union hiring boss select them from a gathering of applicants
Shape Up (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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