shake a leg !

shake a leg !
Exclam. Hurry up! Move! E.g."Come on you two, shake a leg! We have to get to the station before 6."

English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.

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  • shake a leg — {v. phr.}, {slang} To go fast; hurry. * /Shake a leg! The bus won t wait./ Compare: STEP ON IT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • shake a leg — {v. phr.}, {slang} To go fast; hurry. * /Shake a leg! The bus won t wait./ Compare: STEP ON IT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • shake a leg — If you shake a leg, you are out of bed and active.  It can be used to tell someone to hurry up …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • shake a leg — ► shake a leg informal make a start; rouse oneself. Main Entry: ↑shake …   English terms dictionary

  • shake a leg — (informal).See hurry verb sense 1. → shake * * * phrasal 1. : dance shaking a leg at junketings and fairs Siegfried Sassoon 2. : to hurry up : move quickly …   Useful english dictionary

  • shake a leg — 1. tv. to hurry; to move faster. (Often as a command.) □ Let’s shake a leg, you guys. We gotta be there in twenty minutes. □ She told me to shake a leg, so I hurried the best I could. 2. tv. to dance. □ Let’s shake a leg. The music’s great …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Shake a Leg — Song infobox Name = Shake a Leg Artist = AC/DC Album = Back In Black Released = 25 July, 1980 track no = 9 Recorded = ??? Genre = Hard rock Length = 4:15 Writer = Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson Label = ATCO Producer = Robert John Mutt… …   Wikipedia

  • Shake A Leg — Back in Black Pour les articles homonymes, voir Back in Black (homonymie). Back in Black Album par AC/DC Sortie 25 juillet 1980 Enregistrement …   Wikipédia en Français

  • shake a leg — verb To get busy; to get going; to be productive. Shake a leg! We havent got all day …   Wiktionary

  • shake\ a\ leg — v. phr. slang To go fast; hurry. Shake a leg! the bus won t wait. Compare: step on it …   Словарь американских идиом

  • shake a leg —    If you shake a leg, you are out of bed and active.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

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