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It is a phrase that is like saying, "Get over it" or "Quit crying over spilt milk."

Pull up your socks and get on with your life or job or whatever.
Pull your socks up means - you should do better

You had better pull your socks up next year or you will not pass your exams.
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Means that you should make more of an effort!

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How do you write this phrase Pull up one's socks?

Pull your socks up or you will be looking for a new job.


What does the English idiom pull out the socks mean?

There is no such idiom as "Pull out the socks" You probably mean "Pull up your socks"To pull up your socks is to make an effort at something or improve or work hard to change your behavior or a habit or something undesirable because you're not good enough.For example, "The teacher warned John that if he wanted to move to the next grade he's have to pull up his socks."Or," If William wants to stay in the football team then he should pull up his socks."Or,It's too late to think about it now. you should have pulled your socks up earlier."You might also have heard "pull out all the stops," which means to make an all-out effort. This is based on playing the organ, where you pull out a "stop" in order to make the organ create a certain sound. If you pull out all the stops, you are making every sound you can make.


What does that's not good enough pull up your socks mean?

I've never heard of this as an idiom before. I'd guess it means that something wasn't up to the person's standards, so they told the other person to pull their socks up from around their ankles into a neater arrangement.


A box contains white socks and black socks you have to pull them out blindfolded and you know the number of socks you have to pull out to definitely draw a pair is the same as the number of socks yo?

this is a stupid question. who asked you this? you shold give up and go to your house. don't forget to call bryanna c.


How do you make Nike elite socks look good with shorts?

Don't pull your socks up all of the way and sag your shorts a bit


If you have 12 black socks and 12 white socks mixed up in a drawer It's early in the morning and you don't have any light to see the colors How many socks must you pull out blindly to be sure of get?

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If you have 8 black socks 8 blue socks 8 green socks 8 brown socks and pull out one sock at a time how many socks would you have to pull out in the dark to be sure you had a matching pair?

Only 5, one of each and an extra one to make a pair.


What is clothing begins with g?

A garter, which is used to pull up your socks and strangely enough is classed a an item of clothing.


What does mean Pull somebody up?

Don't pull him up for his wrong decision.


What does Its socks mean?

Chasettes is socks in French.


How many socks would you need to pull out to get a matching pair of socks if you have 5 blue pairs 4 blue pairs and 6 black pairs?

if all the colors of socks are in pairs already then just one because they are all paired up already.


If your sock drawer has 6 black socks 4 brown socks 8 white socks and 2 tan socks how many socks would you have to pull out in the dark to be sure you had a matching pair?

The answer is 5 socks. There are only 4 different colored socks, so you could only grab a maximum of 4 socks before you would double up on colors. If you wanted to guarantee you had 2 of the same colored sock then you would need to grab 5 socks. wateva