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Synonyms

get a move on

Idioms  

  1. Also,. Hurry up; also, start working. For example, Get a move on, it's late, or Let's get cracking, kids, or It's time we got going, or The alarm went off ten minutes ago, so get rolling. The first colloquial expression dates from the late 1800s. The second term, also colloquial, employs the verb to crack in the sense of “travel with speed,” a usage dating from the early 1800s, but the idiom dates only from the first half of the 1900s. The third term dates from the late 1800s and also has other meanings; see get going. Get rolling alludes to setting wheels in motion and dates from the first half of the 1900s. Also see get busy; get on the stick.

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I know I need to get a move on, but I'm trying to improve and the speed is there, the race pace is there, it is just one thing I need to tidy up.

From BBC • May 1, 2025

In the end, no one could be sure why potentially millions of squirrels decided to get a move on en masse.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2023

The scoreboard at the Sentry Tournament of Champions delivered a clear message to get a move on it.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2022

Others urged U.S. market participants not to wait until mid 2023 but to get a move on by learning from the more advanced switch in Europe.

From Reuters • Dec. 13, 2021

“They’re waiting for you. So if you get a move on and stop looking as if you’d forgotten your own name, we can go and meet them.”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

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