| 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. |
| He said yesterday that if teachers do not pay more attention to their chosen career they should shape up or ship out. |
| He can tell someone who is incompetent running a major department to shape up or ship out in ways Ms. Preckwinkle cannot. |
| A terse order has asked the overweight policemen to either shape up or ship out of the job. |
| However, I think that after five years of this you should take a stronger stance and tell him to shape up or ship out. |
| 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. |
