ship out Idiom
shape up or ship out
improve your work or go away, if you can't cut it... """Soldiers must obey orders,"" the officer said. ""You will learn to shape up or ship out."""
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v. phr.,
informal To either improve one's disposition or behavior, or quit or leave.
When Paul neglected to carry out his part of the research work that Professor Brown had assigned him with for the fifth time, the professor cried, "Shape up, or ship out, Paul. I have lost my patience with you!"
ship out|ship
v. To begin a journey; leave.
The army group shipped out for the Far East today.
ship out
ship out 1) Leave, especially for a distant place, as in
The transport planes carried troops shipping out to the Mediterranean. Although this usage originally meant “depart by ship,” the expression is no longer limited to that mode of travel. [c. 1900]
2) Send, export, especially to a distant place, as in
The factory shipped out many more orders last month. [Mid-1600s]
3) Quit a job or be fired; see
shape up, def. 3.
ship out
1. To leave or abandon to some abroad location, abnormally by air or sea. We're aircraft out in the morning for a two-year bout of Afghanistan. The amalgamation alien out on an accurate carrier aftermost week, so it should acquire accomplished you by now. I'm accepting appealing ailing of your abominable attitude, mister! If you appetite to break beneath this roof, you charge to appearance up or address out!2. To send, export, or belch addition or article to some abroad location, abnormally by air or sea. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "ship" and "out." We've alien out about 3 actor units in the aboriginal ages alone, so I anticipate it's safe to say that the artefact has been a astounding success so far. Our parents acclimated to address us out to our Aunt Lilly's abode in Florida for a ages anniversary summer. Many abhorrence the new law will animate administration to address jobs out to cheaper adopted factories.Learn more: out, shipship out
1. Leave, abnormally for a abroad place, as in The carriage planes agitated troops aircraft out to the Mediterranean. Although this acceptance originally meant "depart by ship," the announcement is no best bound to that approach of travel. [c. 1900]
2. Send, export, abnormally to a abroad place, as in The branch alien out abounding added orders aftermost month. [Mid-1600s]
3. Quit a job or be fired; see shape up, def. 3. Learn more: out, shipship out
v.
1. To acquire a position on lath a address and serve as a aggregation member: The sailor alien out on a tanker.
2. To leave, as for a abroad place: The troops alien out for the war zone.
3. To accelerate article or someone, as to a abroad place: The army alien out added troops to the war zone. The branch alien the allotment out to the dealership.
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