Shape-up

Full definition of shape-up

Noun

1. (any sense)
1. Gathering of workers to be picked for a job.
• 1914, W.M. Houghton, The Longshoreman's Life is Short but Seldom Merry, But if he is absent at the shape-up – when the boss stevedore blows his whistle and the men line up in a semi-circle outside the pier to be picked – another man gets his place for the time being, and it may be that he will miss the ship entirely.
• 1957
• 2023
2. Activity to get someone or something back into shape.
• 1990
• 2017
3. Hairstyle
• 2005
• 2019