Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To exert considerable effort to change something or someone into a desired state.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The new boss has whipped the company into shape.

    deDer neue Chef hat das Unternehmen auf Vordermann gebracht. — freddy1

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Forms

whips into shape, whipping into shape, whipped into shape, whipped into shape
Base formwhip into shape · to whip into shape
3rd person singularwhips into shape
Present participlewhipping into shape
Past simplewhipped into shape
Past participlewhipped into shape

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywhip into shape
he, she, itwhips into shape

Past simpleLesson

all personswhipped into shape

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave whipped into shape
he, she, ithas whipped into shape

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill whip into shape

Synonyms

2 synonyms
lick into shapebeat into shape

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whinnywhinywhipB2whiplashwhippersnapperwhirl
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