gee up!
UK informal — phrasal verb with gee /dʒiː/ verbDefinition
› something that you say to a horse to make it move faster: Gee up, Neddy!Expressions telling people to hurry up
(Definition of gee up! from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- c'mon
- come along phrasal verb (GO WITH SOMEONE)
- come on phrasal verb (ENCOURAGE)
- get weaving idiom
- get/put your skates on idiom
- jump to it idiom
- look lively/sharp! idiom
- make it snappy idiom
- move it! idiom
- move/shift your arse! idiom
- quick exclamation
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- time is of the essence idiom
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