| Henry is taking the long-term view and it may actually be a warning to the four wingers in the party that they may have to shape up or ship out. |
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| Like teenagers, we can stomp our foot and demand the run of the house, but unless we pay the bills we can be told to shape up or ship out. |
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| He said yesterday that if teachers do not pay more attention to their chosen career they should shape up or ship out. |
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| A lot may be expected of Button, who needs to shape up or ship out, but the debutants should be gifted a bit more breathing space. |
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| However, I think that after five years of this you should take a stronger stance and tell him to shape up or ship out. |
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| A terse order has asked the overweight policemen to either shape up or ship out of the job. |
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| This means the Chinese Communist Party is going to have to back off and shape up or ship out. |
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| He can tell someone who is incompetent running a major department to shape up or ship out in ways Ms. Preckwinkle cannot. |
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| Athens needs to shape up or ship out, and every day that goes by with no resolution makes a default all the more possible. |
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| If the middle-aged Amos had any collywobbles about putting herself out there, in the spotlight, for another album and another gruelling world tour, then her daughter told her to shape up or ship out. |
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| 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. |
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