get/put your skates on
UK informalDefinition
› used when you want to tell someone to hurry up: Get your skates on, or we'll be late.Expressions telling people to hurry up
(Definition of get/put your skates on 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)
- gee up! phrasal verb
- get weaving idiom
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