单词 | to get weaving |
释义 | > as lemmasto get weaving d. to get weaving, to apply oneself briskly to something; to ‘get a move on’. Cf. to get cracking at crack v. 22b colloquial (originally R.A.F. slang). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > resolutely or energetically to go to it1490 busklea1535 settle1576 to lay on1587 to put in (also get into) one's gearsa1658 to put (occasionally lay, set) one's shoulder to the wheel1678 yark1721 to get going1822 to pitch in1835 to roll up one's sleeves1838 square1849 to clap on1850 to wire in (also away)1864 to dig in1884 hunker1903 tie into1904 to get cracking1937 to get stuck in1938 to get weaving1942 to get it on1954 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 30 May 19 We'll knock that..place off the map. Get weaving. 1942 T. Rattigan Flare Path iii. 83 We'd better get weaving, or we'll find this chemist feller has gone to lunch. 1948 A. Baron From City, from Plough v. 36 There won' 'alf be a queue at the NAAFI... Let's get weaving. 1959 M. Pugh Chancer 49 When he gets weaving, the dashboard ashtray does three thousand revs. 1964 R. Braddon Year Angry Rabbit i. 8 And this call's costing me a ruddy fortune so how's about you hang up and get weaving, eh? 1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 185 Pack your night things in a small pack and get weaving, while I lay on transport. < as lemmas |
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