to get weaving
- phrasal verb
- UK
:
ponerse en marcha
- You'd better get weaving or you'll miss the train.
Examples
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We need to get weaving if we want to finish before noon.
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Let's get weaving on this project!
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As soon as the meeting ended, everyone started to get weaving on their tasks.
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We need to get weaving if we want to meet the deadline.
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As soon as the meeting ended, everyone started to get weaving on their tasks.
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You'd better get weaving or you'll miss the train.
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We need to get weaving if we want to finish before noon.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To move or act quickly because there is little time
637
1.0
To move or act more quickly to avoid being late
512
6.7
To hurry so you do something faster, often to avoid being late
481
1.8
To begin doing something, for example a task or meeting
422
2.3
To start doing something or to leave
62
1.6
Start being active or hurry to do something
38
3.0
Start taking part in something quickly and with enthusiasm
36
3.5
To start moving or begin working on something
16
2.8
To start a meeting or project by taking the first step
12
5.8
Start working quickly and with energy
2
9.9
Start working quickly and with more energy
Begin something very quickly and with a lot of energy
To make an effort to become active after doing nothing
Antonyms
How Quickly
548
1.0
- Informal
12
5.8
- UK
- Informal
62
1.6
422
2.3
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The construction get + V-ing commonly signals beginning an action, so a learner who knows 'get' and 'weaving' can infer a literal meaning 'start weaving' and therefore likely guess 'begin doing something'. However the use here is informal and somewhat metaphorical (weaving used to mean 'get started/hurry up' on a task), so the extended, idiomatic sense 'hurry up / begin work on this' is not fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
Get weaving comes from people who made cloth long ago. When a weaver would get the loom ready and begin weaving, their hands moved quickly, so saying get weaving means 'start quickly' or 'hurry up'.