Idiom
get moving
Meaning
To start hurrying to undertake a task.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We need to get moving if we want to arrive on time.”
“The train leaves in ten minutes, so we really need to get moving now.”
“Realizing that the deadline was rapidly approaching, the team decided to get moving on the project before they lost any more valuable time.”
Examples
simple
“We need to get moving if we want to arrive on time.”
contextual
“The train leaves in ten minutes, so we really need to get moving now.”
complex
“Realizing that the deadline was rapidly approaching, the team decided to get moving on the project before they lost any more valuable time.”
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