单词 | to get one's arse in gear |
释义 | > as lemmasto get one's arse (also ass, butt, etc.) in (also into) gear slang. to get one's arse (also ass, butt, etc.) in (also into) gear and variants: to start to do something with energy, urgency, or purposefulness; to rouse oneself from inactivity or idleness. Often in the imperative: ‘hurry up’, ‘get a move on’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] beginc1000 onginOE aginOE ginc1175 to go tillc1175 to take onc1175 comsea1225 fanga1225 to go toc1275 i-ginc1275 commencec1320 to get (also get down, go, go adown, set, set down) to workc1400 to lay to one's hand(sc1405 to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410 to set toc1425 standa1450 to make to1563 to fall to it1570 to start out1574 to fall to1577 to run upon ——1581 to break off1591 start1607 to set in1608 to set to one's hands1611 to put toa1616 to fall ona1625 in1633 to fall aboard1642 auspicatea1670 to set out1693 to enter (into) the fray1698 open1708 to start in1737 inchoate1767 to set off1774 go1780 start1785 to on with1843 to kick off1857 to start in on1859 to steam up1860 to push off1909 to cut loose1923 to get (also put) the show on the road1941 to get one's arse in gear1948 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > bestir oneself arisec825 to start upc1275 stirc1275 shifta1400 awakea1450 to put out one's fins?1461 wake1523 to shake one's ears1580 rouse1589 bestira1616 awaken1768 arouse1822 waken1825 to wake snakes1835 roust1841 to flax round1884 to get busy1896 to get one's arse in gear1948 1948 N. Mailer Naked & Dead iii. viii. 602 We're gonna get moving in five minutes so you all better get your ass in gear. 1966 B. Garfield Last Bridge v. 43 God damn it, quit jaw-assing over this telephone and get your balls in gear. 1980 Washington Post 23 May d1/3 When a guy goes out and plays when he's hurt, the healthy guys have to look at themselves and say, I'd better get my butt in gear and start playing. 1994 J. Cope Head-On (1999) 53 I painted the stairway... I painted the bannister... I really got my ass in gear. 1998 Darts World Mar. 24/2 After going 2–0 down Mike put his ‘rear into gear’ and played out of his skin to pull off a 3–2 win. 2004 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 20 Sept. 7 I find it very strange that they suddenly get their bums into gear after I spoke to the media about my case. 2014 R. Draper Cold Winds in Autumn xxxvii. 215 Get your arse in gear, hotshot, we've been summoned to the inner sanctum in one hour. < as lemmas |
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