Thesaurus / shake a leg
other words for shake a leg
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- barrel
- bolt
- break
- charge
- chase
- dash
- dispatch
- fly
- hustle
- press
- push
- run
- scramble
- scurry
- shoot
- sprint
- zip
- accelerate
- career
- course
- dart
- expedite
- fleet
- fling
- flit
- haste
- hasten
- hotfoot
- quicken
- race
- roll
- scud
- streak
- surge
- tear
- whiz
- zoom
- fire up
- get cracking
- get the lead out
- go like lightning
- hurry up
- lose no time
- make haste
- make short work of
- speed up
- step on gas
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opposites of shake a leg
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Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEY
The women at once rose and began to shake out their draperies and relax their muscles.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS
I would not trust their removal to any other hand, and so, the panel comes out without a shake.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
His face flushed with annoyance, and taking off his soft hat he began to beat it impatiently against his leg as he walked.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
The only thing that at all tended to shake this conviction, was the extraordinary poltroonery of our new captive.
Urinary sediments may be studied under three heads: A. Unorganized sediments.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
I knowed, a-course, that I could go kick up a fuss when Simpson stopped by his office on his trip back from Goldstone.
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Aber Jeder will grossartig spielen heutzutage (But everybody wants to play on a grand scale now-a-days).
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WORDS RELATED TO SHAKE A LEG
- accelerate
- advance
- bolt
- bound
- burn
- bustle
- clip
- cover ground
- dash
- dispatch
- expedite
- express
- flee
- fly
- gallop
- get cracking
- get the lead out
- goad
- haste
- hie
- hustle
- leap
- make haste
- make tracks
- move quickly
- not lose a minute
- pace
- plunge
- precipitate
- press
- push
- quicken
- race
- run
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scurry
- scuttle
- shake a leg
- skip
- sprint
- spurt
- step on it
- step up
- take wing
- tear
- trot
- urge
- waste no time
- whip around
- accelerate
- advance
- bolt
- bound
- burn
- bustle
- clip
- cover ground
- dash
- dispatch
- expedite
- express
- flee
- fly
- gallop
- get cracking
- get the lead out
- goad
- haste
- hie
- hustle
- leap
- make haste
- make tracks
- move quickly
- not lose a minute
- pace
- plunge
- precipitate
- press
- push
- quicken
- race
- run
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scurry
- scuttle
- shake a leg
- skip
- sprint
- spurt
- step on it
- step up
- take wing
- tear
- trot
- urge
- waste no time
- whip around
- accelerate
- barrel
- be quick
- beeline
- bestir
- breeze
- bullet
- burst
- bustle
- dash
- dig in
- drive
- expedite
- fleet
- flit
- fly
- get a move on
- go like lightning
- goad
- haste
- hasten
- hurry up
- hustle
- jog
- lose no time
- make haste
- make short work of
- make time
- make tracks
- nip
- push
- quicken
- race
- rip
- rocket
- roll
- run
- rush
- sally
- scoot
- scurry
- shake a leg
- smoke
- speed
- speed up
- spur
- step on gas
- step on it
- turn on steam
- urge
- whirl
- whish
- whisk
- whiz
- zip
- accelerate
- barrel
- be quick
- beeline
- bestir
- breeze
- bullet
- burst
- bustle
- dash
- dig in
- drive
- expedite
- fleet
- flit
- fly
- get a move on
- go like lightning
- goad
- haste
- hasten
- hurry up
- hustle
- jog
- lose no time
- make haste
- make short work of
- make time
- make tracks
- nip
- push
- quicken
- race
- rip
- rocket
- roll
- run
- rush
- sally
- scoot
- scurry
- shake a leg
- smoke
- speed
- speed up
- spur
- step on gas
- step on it
- turn on steam
- urge
- whirl
- whish
- whisk
- whiz
- zip
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