to get skates on

Examples

• All

• One hour and counting until the next show, so I'd get my skates on if I were you.

  Lockout (2012)

• Well, get your skates on.

  Windrider (1986)

• - Get your skates on.

  The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

• "Get your skates on and I'll take you somewhere interesting."

  Fiction book (1998)

• So we'd better get our skates on.

  The Tailor of Panama (2001)

• "And if I don't get my skates on, it'll be my hide, too."

  Fiction book (1991)

• Meanwhile, Dr. Harmony should get her skates on and hustle over to Animal Preservation, where my pal Grunt will be staring into the eye of a pretty nasty hypodermic about now.

  Fiction book (2002)

• "Sally's up a ladder, painting hard, and Duncan's giving her stalwart backup by opening beers." "Then we'd best get our skates on," said Gus.

  Fiction book (1995)

• You need to get skates on if you want to catch the bus.

• Quick! Get skates on, or we will be late for the meeting.

Synonyms

H

to hurry

vsto get skates on

∞ 1.0

To move or act quickly because there is little time

adds idea of starting promptly as well as speeding up action

H

to hurry up

vsto get skates on

• Informal

637 1.0

To move or act more quickly to avoid being late

focuses equally on starting quickly as well as speeding up activity

M

to move it

vsto get skates on

• Informal

512 6.7

To hurry so you do something faster, often to avoid being late

urges quick start or action rather than only informal command

G

to get a move on

vsto get skates on

• Informal

40 3.4

Hurry and start moving faster

is more about starting quickly rather than only mild prompting

S

to step on it

vsto get skates on

• Informal

35 5.2

To hurry and go faster, often when driving

presses for quick start in general situations not only driving

G

to get cracking

vsto get skates on

• Informal

12 5.8

Start working quickly and with energy

emphasizes starting fast but also plain quickness without energetic tone

Antonyms

S

to slow down

687 1.4

To move or act more slowly

How Quickly

to step on it

• Informal

35 5.2

rush

1 4.1

to hurry up

• Informal

637 1.0

to get skates on

• UK

1 8.6

to get moving

• Informal

62 1.6

to take one's time

3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology