shape up or ship out
shape up or ship out {v. phr.}, {informal}
To either improve one's disposition or behavior, or quit or leave.
When Paul neglected to carry out his part of the research work that Professor Brown had assigned him with for the fifth time, the professor cried, "Shape up, or ship out, Paul. I have lost my patience with you!"
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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