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get a move on





VERB
quicken one's step
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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

"It's not for me to tell a chair of an inquiry, look you have got to get a move on, start hearings here there on whenever," he told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2022

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

“Let’s get a move on before someone steals my regular seat. Fridays fill up faster than an Easter basket.”

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry




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