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GET MOVING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does get moving mean? 

GET MOVING (verb)
  The verb GET MOVING has 1 sense:

1. start to be activeplay

  Familiarity information: GET MOVING used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GET MOVING (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Start to be active

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bestir oneself; get cracking; get going; get moving; get rolling; get started; get weaving

Context example:

Get cracking, please!

Hypernyms (to "get moving" is one way to...):

begin; commence; get; get down; set about; set out; start; start out (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s


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