Idiom
get one's ass in gear
Vulgar
Meaning
To exert effective effort; to get going; to get moving; to start producing.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Stop scrolling and get your ass in gear.”
“The deadline is tomorrow, so we really need to get our asses in gear.”
“With the investors arriving in an hour, the team finally got their asses in gear and pulled together a presentable pitch.”
Examples
simple
“Stop scrolling and get your ass in gear.”
contextual
“The deadline is tomorrow, so we really need to get our asses in gear.”
complex
“With the investors arriving in an hour, the team finally got their asses in gear and pulled together a presentable pitch.”
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