- pull up your socks
- do better, improve
He'll have to pull up his socks in math - if he wants to pass.
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pull up your socks
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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 — 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 one's socks up — make a greater effort You had better begin to pull your socks up or you will not be able to continue working here … Idioms and examples
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 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 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
