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get moving

get moving verb: to start hurrying to undertake a task.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To start hurrying to undertake a task.
    • We should get moving with the props if we want this play ready on time.

Forms of get moving

third-person singular presentgets moving
present participlegetting moving
pastgot moving
past participle UKgot moving
past participle USgotten moving

Questions about get moving

What does get moving mean?
Get moving means to start hurrying to undertake a task.
What part of speech is get moving?
Get moving is a verb.
What is the past tense of get moving?
The past tense of get moving is got moving.

Words near get moving in the dictionary

  1. get lucky
  2. get Mario Karted
  3. get married
  4. get medieval
  5. get misty
  6. get moving
  7. get nowhere fast
  8. get off
  9. get off at Haymarket
  10. get off at Redfern
  11. get off lightly

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