pull your socks up

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to try to improve your performance, work, behaviour, etc.

   - # I've got a feeling - # Everybody had a good year - # A feeling I can't hide, oh, no - # Everybody let their hair down - # Everybody pulled their socks up - # Oh, no, no - # Everybody put their foot down - # Yeah # Yeah...

In the movies · 1

• - # I've got a feeling - # Everybody had a good year - # A feeling I can't hide, oh, no - # Everybody let their hair down - # Everybody pulled their socks up - # Oh, no, no - # Everybody put their foot down - # Yeah # Yeah...The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years2016
• - Yes, chef. - Pull your fucking socks up.Boiling Point2021

Learn it in full scenes

• Boiling Point2021
  • The Food Safety Inspection
  • Health Inspector Downgrades the Kitchen
  • Andy Tries to Hold the Kitchen

From the same entry

• pull a fast one
• pull in different directions
• pull leg
• pull the other one
• pull out all the stops
• pull the plug on
• pull your punches
• pull rabbit out of the hat
• pull rank
• pull the rug from under feet
• pull strings
• pull the strings