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Arman19940326 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

If they'd let me have my way I could
Have flayed him into shape.

I somehow know the idea of "Flay someone into shape" but why the word shape comes after the verb?Is it an idiom?
  

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"Shape" is a noun there. " You punish them until they behave properly. shape noun , def.

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  • "Shape" is a noun there.
  • " You punish them until they behave properly.
  • shape noun , def.
  • 8 ( AHD )
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"Shape" is a noun there. The usual form is "whip someone/something into shape." You punish them until they behave properly.

shape noun, def. 8 (AHD)
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