Shape up or ship out

verb

Definitions

1.verbTo either improve one's behavior or else be required to leave; to either improve one's performance in an activity or else withdraw from that activity completely.

Synonyms

ship out abandon ship ship move out throw out drop out storm out shoo shove off turn out skip out get the boot

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