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’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
Rickman the poet, of course, you could not lick into shape.
From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May
Of the new-comers he has got to lick into shape, Howard is the most promising candidate.
From Harper's Round Table, October 1, 1895 by Various
"Weird birds," soliloquized Mostyn; "but perhaps they'll lick into shape."
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.