| 单词 | to get a hump on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get a hump on 4. to get a hump on, to hurry. Cf. hump v. 3. U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry hiec1250 skelta1400 hasty?a1425 hasten1534 festinate1652 to look sharp1680 to make play1799 hurry-scurry1809 to tumble up1826 crowd1838 rush1859 hurry1871 to get a move on1888 hurry and scurry1889 to buck up1890 to get a hump on1892 to get a wiggle on1896 to shake a leg1904 to smack it about1914 flurry1917 to step on it (her)1923 to make it snappy1926 jildi1930 to get an iggri on1946 ert- 1892 Harper's Mag. Feb. 487/2 ‘We went fast enough then.’ ‘We do seem to be gittin' a lettle less hump on oursel's than we did then.’ 1940 W. E. Wilson Wabash 231 ‘Let's git a hump on, Allen,’ Abe said; and the two boys dipped their oars deeper into the brown water. < as lemmas |
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