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get a wiggle on

get a wiggle on verb: to hurry up.

Verb

get a wiggle on (third-person singular simple present gets a wiggle on, present participle getting a wiggle on, simple past got a wiggle on, past participle (UK) got a wiggle on or (US) gotten a wiggle on)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To hurry up.
    • “If yeh're goin' to see yer fren', yeh better get a wiggle on. He won't last long.”1907, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 16, in The Brass Bowl
    • Get a wiggle on you, fellows. We'll never get out at this rate.1910, Stewart Edward White, chapter 17, in The Rules of the Game

Synonyms of get a wiggle on

Forms of get a wiggle on

third-person singular presentgets a wiggle on
present participlegetting a wiggle on
pastgot a wiggle on
past participle UKgot a wiggle on
past participle USgotten a wiggle on

Questions about get a wiggle on

What does get a wiggle on mean?
Get a wiggle on means to hurry up.
What part of speech is get a wiggle on?
Get a wiggle on is a verb.
What is the past tense of get a wiggle on?
The past tense of get a wiggle on is got a wiggle on.

Words near get a wiggle on in the dictionary

  1. get a rise from
  2. get a rise out of
  3. get a room
  4. get a run on
  5. get a sad on
  6. get a wiggle on
  7. get a word in
  8. get a word in edgeways
  9. get a word in edgewise
  10. get a wriggle on
  11. get about

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