get a move on

present singular third person gets a move on · participle present getting a move on · past got a move on · UK participle past got a move on · US participle past gotten a move on

1. idiomaticinformalTo hurry up, to get moving.

   I need to get a move on if I'm going to arrive before dark.

   3 more examples

   Bradly tapped the ashes from his pipe, signifying a leisured interlude over. "Time to get a move on," he said, and began unlace his boots for wading.

   1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 139

   The train was handed over 21 min. late at Salisbury, so there was every encouragement to Driver Moore, of Salisbury, to "get a move on."

   1951 August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performsnce”, in Railway Magazine, page 554

   But we need to get a move on, as Didcot is busy. Inside two minutes, we're heading north.

   2025 August 20, Paul Clifton, “A driver's eye view of East West Rail”, in RAIL, number 1042, page 30

   Synonyms: hurry, zoom, get moving