shape up or ship outとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

shape up or ship out (三人称単数 現在形 shapes up または ships out, 現在分詞 shaping up または shipping out, 過去形および過去分詞形 shaped up または shipped out)

1. (idiomatic) To 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.
   • 1978 April 3, R. Z. Sheppard, “The Far Side of Friendship (review of Scott かつ Ernest by Matthew J. Bruccoli)”, in Time‎^[1]:

     Portions of those letters quoted by Bruccoli indicate that though Hemingway could be sympathetic, he used a lot of ink telling Fitzgerald to shape up or ship out.

使用する際の注意点

• Often expressed in the imperative mood, as in an ultimatum such as:

  This is your final warning! Shape up or ship out!