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whipping into shape

whipping into shape is the present participle of whip into shape.

Meaning of whip into shape

Verb

whip into shape (third-person singular simple present whips into shape, present participle whipping into shape, simple past and past participle whipped into shape)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To exert considerable effort to change something or someone into a desired state.

Questions about whipping into shape

What is whipping into shape the present participle of?
Whipping into shape is the present participle of whip into shape.

Words near whipping into shape in the dictionary

  1. whipping frog
  2. whipping frogs
  3. whipping girl
  4. whipping girls
  5. whipping in
  6. whipping into shape
  7. whipping it on
  8. whipping off
  9. whipping out
  10. whipping post
  11. whipping posts

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