lick into shape
Example Sentences
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"Isn't there any one else up here not going in for it that you could lick into shape?"
From The Dark Tower by Soper, J. H. Gardner
Here was a squad to lick into shape, to fashion into a team.
From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward
"Weird birds," soliloquized Mostyn; "but perhaps they'll lick into shape."
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
A poor show," said he, "but they may lick into shape.
From The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
Rickman the poet, of course, you could not lick into shape.
From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May
