- pull your 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.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
pull your socks up
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pull your socks up — british informal phrase used when you are telling someone that they are not doing a job well enough and that they must do better Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to hurrysynonym Main entry: pull * * * pull your ˈsocks up idiom … Useful english dictionary
pull your socks up — I Everyday English Slang in Ireland phr get to work/get busy II Irish Slang Get to work/get busy … English dialects glossary
pull your socks up — British informal used when you are telling someone that they are not doing a job well enough and that they must do better … English dictionary
pull up your socks — If you aren t satisfied with someone and want them to do better, you can tell them to pull up their socks … The small dictionary of idiomes
pull up your socks — If you aren t satisfied with someone and want them to do better, you can tell them to pull up their socks. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
pull up your socks — do better, improve He ll have to pull up his socks in math if he wants to pass … English idioms
Pull up your socks — If you aren t satified with someone and want them to do better, you can tell them to pull up their socks … Dictionary of English idioms
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 … New idioms dictionary
pull — 1 /pUl/ verb 1 MOVE STH TOWARDS YOU (I, T) to use your hands to make something move towards you or in the direction that you are moving: Help me move the piano; you push and I ll pull. | pull sth: I pulled the handle and it just snapped off! |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pull — pull1 W1S1 [pul] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move something towards you)¦ 2¦(remove)¦ 3¦(make something follow you)¦ 4¦(take something out)¦ 5¦(clothing)¦ 6¦(move your body)¦ 7¦(muscle)¦ 8 pull strings 9 pull the/somebody s strings … Dictionary of contemporary English
