shakes a leg
phrase
1
as in dances
to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music The DJ played music that was sure to make every party guest get up and shake a leg. Synonyms & Similar Words
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- dances
- hoofs (it)
- steps
- foots (it)
- trips the light fantastic
- struts
- boogeys
- shuffles
- fox-trots
- prances
- waltzes
- jigs
- trips
- boogies
- bops
- gavottes
- jitterbugs
- shags
- jives
- tangos
- mambos
- tap-dances
- polkas
- shimmies
- treads
- twists
2
as in speeds
to proceed or move quickly We'd better shake a leg if we want to make the movie! Synonyms & Similar Words
- speeds
- races
- travels
- flies
- scurries
- drives
- rushes
- zips
- trots
- hurries
- jumps
- runs
- chases
- buzzes
- blows
- steps
- bowls
- beats it
- scoots
- cracks (on)
- tears
- darts
- blasts
- dashes
- bolts
- scuttles
- gets a move on
- rips
- rams
- courses
- barrels
- zooms
- shoots
- jogs
- motors
- belts
- bundles
- makes tracks
- breezes
- careers
- blazes
- rockets
- whirls
- hastens
- humps
- hotfoots (it)
- steps on it
- rustles
- hares
- pelts
- bustles
- jets
- hurls
- hurtles
- hustles
- hies
- highballs
- cannonballs
- nips
- bombs
- whisks
- careens
- gallops
- steps out
- beetles
- flits
- streaks
- sprints
- scuds
- accelerates
- scampers
- scuffles
- whizzes
- stampedes
- arrows
- catches up
- outpaces
- quickens
- overtakes
- outstrips
- outruns
- beelines
- fast-forwards
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hangs (around or out)
- crawls
- creeps
- lags
- pokes
- drags
- lingers
- slows (down or up)
- loiters
- pokes
- dawdles
- strolls
- dillydallies
- tarries
- saunters
- shuffles
- ambles
- dallies
- plods
- decelerates
- lumbers
- no small matter
- no sooner
- no sooner said than done
- no sooner than
- no stranger to
- no such animal
- no such luck
- no such thing
- no sweat
- no thanks to
- no time to lose
- no trouble
- no two ways about it
- no ur
- no vin
- no way
- no whit
- no wonder
- no worries
- no's theorem
- no's-lily
- no)
- No, Lake
- no-account
- no-accounts