shape up

Synonyms:

advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, progress

Antonyms:

regress, retrograde, retrogress

get worse or fall back to a previous condition

Types:

climb

improve one's social status

leapfrog

progress by large jumps instead of small increments

Type of:

develop

grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment