单词 | to roll up one's sleeves |
释义 | > as lemmasto roll up one's sleeves P5. to roll up one's sleeves and variants: to apply oneself in earnest to a task; to buckle down; to prepare to engage in a challenge or conflict. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > resolutely or energetically to go to it1490 busklea1535 settle1576 to lay on1587 to put in (also get into) one's gearsa1658 to put (occasionally lay, set) one's shoulder to the wheel1678 yark1721 to get going1822 to pitch in1835 to roll up one's sleeves1838 square1849 to clap on1850 to wire in (also away)1864 to dig in1884 hunker1903 tie into1904 to get cracking1937 to get stuck in1938 to get weaving1942 to get it on1954 1838 Amer. Monthly Mag. Apr. 356 We should not roll up our sleeves and prepare to batter his doctrine with all our force of argument. 1863 J. W. Hunnicutt Conspiracy Unveiled ii. xxxv. 400 Roll up your sleeves and pitch in. 1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 20 If..mankind must go on being mankind, then I am willing to fight, I will roll my sleeves up And start in. 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? xii. 286 She said it was really something to see him roll up his sleeves with the enthusiasm of a kid just breaking in. 1990 I. Bayley in K. A. Porter Lett. Introd. 2 She rolls up her sleeves for the scrimmage over awarding the Bollingen Prize to Ezra Pound. < as lemmas |
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