单词 | to get on with it |
释义 | > as lemmasto get on with it b. colloquial. to get on with it: to continue with one's affairs, to pursue one's course without help or interference; (frequently in imperative) to hurry, get a move on. ΚΠ 1895 ‘A. Hope’ Heart of Princess Osra in McClure's Mag. Aug. 222/2 The Bishop..asked if he were now to perform his sacred duties. ‘Aye, get on with it,’ growled the Lion. 1905 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 450/1 ‘If you will, you will,’ I said. ‘Get on with it then; I'll reach down.’ 1932 R. Fraser Marriage in Heaven ii. vi. 161 I've always just let people get on with it, especially men, if they didn't like what I said or did. 1955 J. Bingham Paton Street Case v. 91 I started out with some idea of serving the community and bunk like that, and now the community can get on with it as far as I'm concerned. 1983 R. Curtis & R. Atkinson Black Adder in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 15/2 King. He shall be struck down. Richard III. Then get on with it, you stupid oaf: there he is! 2000 G. Marinovich & J. Silva Bang-Bang Club (2001) xvii. 245 Joao listened for a while, eventually losing his temper, and told Kevin to ‘Get on with it’. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home iii. 48 ‘Well, we all feel like that sometimes,’ said Bessie briskly, ‘but we just have to get on with it, don't we?’ < as lemmas |
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