get a move on

Example Sentences

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Anxious because they needed to get a move on to find Pili.

From Literature

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

If this group is to achieve anything then they'd better get a move on.

From BBC

“You’re going to school. Now let’s get a move on. I have to be back here by seven-thirty.”

From Literature

“Let’s get a move on, Aunt Kitty,” I said, tapping on her door.

From Literature