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单词 to shape up or ship out
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to shape up or ship out
e. to shape up or ship out: used as a threat of transference or dismissal if a satisfactory performance is not achieved. slang (originally U.S. Military).
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1956 Amer. Speech 31 108 Shape up or ship out!, start soldiering or be sent to a combat zone.
1968 Review & Herald 19 Sept. 24/2 We ought to tell them to ‘shape up or ship out’.
1977 Guardian Weekly 30 Oct. 15/1 If the International Labor Organization didn't shape up within two years, the U.S. government would ship out.
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