Usually means: Improve or organize something effectively.
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  1. lick into shape: Merriam-Webster
  2. lick into shape: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lick into shape: Wiktionary
  4. lick into shape: Dictionary.com
  5. Lick into Shape: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  6. lick into shape: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. Lick into shape: Phrase Finder

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  1. lick into shape: Legal dictionary

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  1. lick into shape: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (lick into shape)

verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To exert considerable effort to change (someone or something) into a desired state.

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