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单词 roll up one's sleeves
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roll up one's sleeves


Prepare to work, as in When he saw how much snow had fallen he simply rolled up his sleeves and went to find the shovel. This expression, alluding to turning one's sleeves upward to avoid getting them wet or dirty, is used both literally and more loosely, as in the example here.

Words nearby roll up one's sleeves

Rolls-Royce, roll the bones, roll top, roll-top desk, roll-up, roll up one's sleeves, rollway, roll with the punches, roll-your-own, Rolodex, Rölvaag
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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