All lick into shape synonyms
lick in·to shape
L l verb lick into shape
- run through — an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
- limber up — characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe.
- loosen up — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- pump iron — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- warm up — Informal. a warming: Sit by the fire and have a nice warm.
- spruce up — trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
- turn out — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- rub down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- shape up — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- slick up — to make sleek or smooth.