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shake a leg

VERB
festinate
Synonyms
STRONG
barrel bolt bustle dart dash flash fly hasten hurry hustle quicken race run sail scoot scramble scurry shoot speed sprint tear whisk whiz zip zoom
WEAK
get a move on get cracking go like lightning go like the wind haste make haste make time run like the wind
Antonyms
STRONG
dally dawdle decelerate delay halt procrastinate rest slow stay wait walk
VERB
get the lead out
Synonyms
WEAK
get a move on get cracking get going get it on hop to it hustle look alive make it snappy snap to it step on it
VERB
hasten
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accelerate expedite precipitate quicken step up urge
STRONG
advance bolt bound burn bustle clip dash dispatch express flee fly gallop goad hie hustle leap pace plunge press push race run rush scamper scoot scurry scuttle skip sprint spurt tear trot
WEAK
cover ground get cracking get the lead out haste make haste make tracks move quickly not lose a minute step on it take wing waste no time whip around
Antonyms
STRONGEST
check decelerate halt hinder retard slow
STRONG
aid dawdle discourage dissuade face help meet pull stand stay stop wait walk
WEAK
go slow lag linger loiter procrastinate rest tarry
VERB
hurry
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dash hasten hustle jog rush scoot scurry whirl whisk zip
STRONG
accelerate barrel beeline bestir breeze bullet burst bustle drive expedite fleet flit fly goad haste nip push quicken race rip rocket roll run sally smoke speed spur urge whish whiz
WEAK
be quick dig in get a move on go like lightning hurry up lose no time make haste make short work of make time make tracks speed up step on it step on the gas turn on steam
Antonyms
STRONGEST
procrastinate slow
STRONG
cease check decelerate delay discourage dissuade halt hinder repress retard stop walk
WEAK
dally dawdle rest stall wait
VERB
rise and shine
Synonyms
WEAK
arise get going get up greet the day pile out roll out turn out up and at 'em wake up
VERB
rush
Synonyms
STRONGEST
barrel bolt break charge chase dash dispatch fly hustle press push run scramble scurry shoot sprint zip
STRONG
accelerate career course dart expedite fleet fling flit haste hasten hotfoot quicken race roll scud streak surge tear whiz zoom
WEAK
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 the gas
Antonyms
STRONGEST
dawdle retreat slow stay wait walk
STRONG
decelerate hinder retard
VERB
scoot
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bolt dart dash hustle scamper scurry whiz zip
STRONG
accelerate expedite fly hasten move race run rush skedaddle speed split spur vamoose
WEAK
be quick beeline clear out get a move on go like lightning hurry up make haste make time make tracks move fast step on it
Antonyms
STRONGEST
dawdle decelerate slow wait
STRONG
cease delay discourage dissuade halt hinder remain retard stay stop walk
VERB
skedaddle
Synonyms
STRONG
blow bolt dart dash decamp expedite fly hasten hurry hustle leave move race run rush scamper scat scoot scurry speed split spur vamoose whiz zip
WEAK
clear out fly the coop get a move on go like lightning hightail it hurry up make haste make oneself scarce make time make tracks move fast step on it take off
Antonyms
STRONG
cease come dally dawdle decelerate delay discourage dissuade halt procrastinate remain rest slow stay stop wait walk
VERB
stir
Synonyms
STRONGEST
rouse
STRONG
awake awaken bestir budge exert hasten move wake waken
WEAK
be up and about get a move on get moving look alive make an effort mill about
Antonyms
STRONG
deaden go to sleep
WEAK
calm discourage laze leave alone rest wait

Example Sentences

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Liverpool, awful for the most part, did shake a leg late on but it was then that Plymouth found a hero in keeper Conor Hazard, who saved brilliantly from Jota and substitute Darwin Nunez.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025

“But most of the youth out here in the city are able to shake a leg a little bit.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2023

Black Sun announced the desire of the London underground to shake a leg once again. 

From The Guardian • May 12, 2010

Open Golf Champion Jack Nicklaus, 22, does not shake a leg on the links, predicted oldtime Pro Gene Sarazen, 60, his future as a top-ranking golfer will be shorter than a duffer's drive.

From Time Magazine Archive

That ten or twenty feet of clear-cut land on either side of the road gives travelers enough warning to shake a leg or make a stand.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.