shift yourself
Definition
› If you shift yourself when you have a job to do, you hurry to do the job as quickly as possible: Come on, there's work to be done - shift yourself.Expressions telling people to hurry up
(Definition of shift yourself 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
- 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
- shake a leg idiom
- snap to it idiom
- time is of the essence idiom
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