get a move on
Example Sentences
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Dutch trade minister Liesje Schreinemacher, describing the act as "very worrisome", said the taskforce had to "get a move on" and produce results as soon as possible.
From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2022
"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
I’m still a fair way short of that threshold, but let’s just say the curtain has gone up on Act 3, and it’s time to get a move on.
From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2021
“Enough gossip. I can take watching over the missus from here. Your mama is waiting downstairs for you, better get a move on before it starts raining again.”
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
