pull socks up

pull your socks up

to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough He's going to have to pull his socks up if he wants to stay in the team.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Noreen	nawr-EEN	Irish, English
Miroslav	mee-rah-SLAHF (Russian)	Czech, Slovak, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Medieval Slavic
Henricus	hen-REE-kus (Dutch)	Ancient Germanic (Latinized), Dutch
Faina	fah-EE-nah	Russian
Vijay	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi
Gaiane	-	Ancient Greek