shake a leg
Idioms-
Dance, as in Whenever there was music he was eager to shake a leg . [ Colloquial ; first half of 1800s]
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Hurry up, as in Shake a leg or we'll miss the plane . [ Colloquial ; first half of 1800s]
Example Sentences
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Liverpool, awful for the most part, did shake a leg late on but it was then that Plymouth found a hero in keeper Conor Hazard, who saved brilliantly from Jota and substitute Darwin Nunez.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025
“But most of the youth out here in the city are able to shake a leg a little bit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
Black Sun announced the desire of the London underground to shake a leg once again.
From The Guardian ● May 12, 2010
Open Golf Champion Jack Nicklaus, 22, does not shake a leg on the links, predicted oldtime Pro Gene Sarazen, 60, his future as a top-ranking golfer will be shorter than a duffer's drive.
From Time Magazine Archive
That ten or twenty feet of clear-cut land on either side of the road gives travelers enough warning to shake a leg or make a stand.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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