shape up

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

develop in a positive way
- He progressed well in school
- My plants are coming along
- Plans are shaping up
• Syn:
progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along
• Ant:
regress (for: progress)
• Derivationally related forms:
advance (for: advance), progress (for: progress)
• Hypernyms:
develop
• Hyponyms:
climb, leapfrog
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s