lick something into shape

and whip something into shape

tv. to put something into good condition, possibly with considerable effort. I’ve got about two days more to lick this place into shape so I can sell it. Whip this manuscript into shape, then we’ll talk about publishing it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Abdul-Hamid	-	Arabic
Dar	-	Hebrew
Glyndwr	-	Welsh
Lorencio	lo-REN-thyo (Spanish), lo-REN-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Medieval Spanish
Sigmund	ZEEK-muwnt (German), SIG-mənd (English)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Isaias	-	Biblical