- 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.
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pull 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 — 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 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 one's socks up — ► pull one s socks up informal make an effort to improve. Main Entry: ↑sock … English terms dictionary
pull up one's socks — To brace oneself for doing better • • • Main Entry: ↑sock … Useful english 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
pull — [[t]p ʊl[/t]] ♦♦ pulls, pulling, pulled 1) VERB When you pull something, you hold it firmly and use force in order to move it towards you or away from its previous position. [V n with adv] They have pulled out patients teeth unnecessarily... [V n … English dictionary
pull — I UK [pʊl] / US verb Word forms pull : present tense I/you/we/they pull he/she/it pulls present participle pulling past tense pulled past participle pulled *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to move someone or something towards you using your hands … English dictionary
pull up one's socks — {v. phr.} To try to do better, either in terms of one s behavior or at a task one is performing. * /I ll have to pull up my socks if I am going to finish my work today./ … Dictionary of American idioms
