get a move on
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get a move on (third-person singular simple present gets a move on, present participle getting a move on, simple past got a move on, past participle (UK) got a move on or (US) gotten a move on)
- (informal, idiomatic) To hurry up, to get moving.
- I need to get a move on if I'm going to arrive before dark.
- 1951 August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performsnce”, in Railway Magazine, page 554:
- The train was handed over 21 min. late at Salisbury, so there was every encouragement to Driver Moore, of Salisbury, to "get a move on."
Synonyms[edit]
- hurry, zoom; see also Thesaurus:rush
Translations[edit]
hurry up — see hurry up