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Adjust foot warmers to improve performance? (4,4,5,2)

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I believe the answer is:

pull ones socks up

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'improve performance?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'adjust foot warmers' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'foot warmers' could be 'socks' (I've seen this before) and 'socks' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for pull ones socks up that I've seen before include "Make renewed effort" , "what suspenders do" , "Try to improve" , "shelter inferior members" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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