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

“Rather an awkward cub to lick into shape, my nephew, eh?”

From The Haute Noblesse A Novel by Fenn, George Manville

Here's another of the fools of a family made a present of to the country—another cub for me to lick into shape.

From Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 by Marryat, Frederick

Here was a squad to lick into shape, to fashion into a team.

From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward

Here’s another of the fools of a family made a present of to the country—another cub for me to lick into shape.

From Peter Simple by Marryat, Frederick