get a move on
Example Sentences
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‘Get a move on. We have a train to catch.’
From Literature
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“Then you’d better get a move on,” he said, turning to sit down at his desk.
From Literature
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Anxious because they needed to get a move on to find Pili.
From Literature
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If I’m in the orchard, the older apple trees will tell me, “You’d better get a move on, Ida B” or “Go on now and see what your daddy wants.”
From Literature
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If this group is to achieve anything then they'd better get a move on.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.