shape-up

• “If they were picked for any work during the morning shape-up, it was for the filthiest, toughest jobs.”

  Simon & Schuster: Kill the Irishman

• “The Local 1317 hiring hall was a shanty next to the union headquarters where the men who wanted to work that day would gather in the morning in what is called a “shape-up,” a casual method of employment selection that had been abolished at some ports.”

  Simon & Schuster: Kill the Irishman

• “This is especially true during your shape-up week.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Mommy Diet

• “During my shape-up week I worked out every single day.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Mommy Diet

• “But since this was my shape-up week, my chance to really jump-start my fitness, I practically doubled that.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Mommy Diet

• “They are not sexy or new, but they are the foundation of any leg shape-up plan including one for scrawny legs, agree Pire and Julia Valentour, program coordinator for the American Council on Exercise in San Diego.”

  USA Today: Get a leg up on your summer workout

• “It's hard for an individual like me to get Washington and Wall Street to shape-up.”

  The Huffington Post: Don McNay: Third World America: Is Living a Normal Life a Political Statement?

• “If the guy doesn't shape-up very quickly and start acting like a reasonably loyal member of his political party, he should not be surprised if loyal members of that political party opt for someone else next year.”

  Mark Nickolas: Specter Backs Himself into the Corner Again -- This Time with Democrats

• “But, still, the point stands: against the best team of his era, Kallis's record does not shape-up particularly well.”

  John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...

• “The early shape-up of presidential organizing on the Democratic side suggests Yale is hardly different from the rest of the country: The Obama supporters have a head start, and the political discourse lacks a certain je ne sais quoi in radicalism.”

  Daniel Nichanian: Field Notes: Democratic Organizing At Yale

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