get a wriggle on
get a wriggle on verb: to hurry up.
Verb
get a wriggle on (third-person singular simple present gets a wriggle on, present participle getting a wriggle on, simple past got a wriggle on, past participle (UK) got a wriggle on or (US) gotten a wriggle on)
- To hurry up.
- Informed our hostess a thousand times we had to leave early, and do you think she'd get a wriggle on with the tea ?1928-29, Jack Lindsay and Percy Reginald Stephensen, The London Aphrodite: a miscellany of poems, stories, and essays by various hands eminent or rebellious, London, The Fanfrolico Press, pg. 218
- While accepting he needs to get a wriggle on, Australia's annual great hope remains defiant and insists he can overcome a nightmare draw and once again challenge for the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup.2008 January 13, Darren Walton, “Don't write me off”, in The Advertiser
- Synonyms:
- get a wiggle on
Synonyms of get a wriggle on
Forms of get a wriggle on
| third-person singular present | gets a wriggle on |
|---|---|
| present participle | getting a wriggle on |
| past | got a wriggle on |
| past participle UK | got a wriggle on |
| past participle US | gotten a wriggle on |
Questions about get a wriggle on
- What does get a wriggle on mean?
- Get a wriggle on means to hurry up.
- What part of speech is get a wriggle on?
- Get a wriggle on is a verb.
- What is the past tense of get a wriggle on?
- The past tense of get a wriggle on is got a wriggle on.
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