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shape
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shape
1. Any of a number of metal bars or beams of uniform section, as an I-beam.
2. To cut a profile or detail, as a beaded or rounded edge on a board.
3. To work a material to a required pattern, as on a shaper.


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But he says steps will soon be taken, particularly when Dave Jones begins work in earnest, to whip into shape a wage structure that has spiralled out of control.
If those Asian youths were rebelling against anything specific, it was the very people Blunkett wants to whip into shape - their elders.
Norster's brief at Cardiff will be to whip into shape and unify a squad that boasts 24 internationals but has underperformed for three years.
 
 
 
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