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get one's skates on

get one's skates on verb: to start doing something quickly; to stop procrastinating; to hurry up.

Verb

get one's skates on (third-person singular simple present gets one's skates on, present participle getting one's skates on, simple past got one's skates on, past participle (UK) got one's skates on or (US) gotten one's skates on)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To start doing something quickly; to stop procrastinating; to hurry up.
    • If I don't get my skates on now I'm going to be late!

Synonyms of get one's skates on

Forms of get one's skates on

third-person singular presentgets one's skates on
present participlegetting one's skates on
pastgot one's skates on
past participle UKgot one's skates on
past participle USgotten one's skates on

Questions about get one's skates on

What does get one's skates on mean?
Get one's skates on means to start doing something quickly; to stop procrastinating; to hurry up.
What part of speech is get one's skates on?
Get one's skates on is a verb.
What is the past tense of get one's skates on?
The past tense of get one's skates on is got one's skates on.

Words near get one's skates on in the dictionary

  1. get one's shirt out
  2. get one's shit pushed in
  3. get one's shit together
  4. get one's shorts in a knot
  5. get one's shtick together
  6. get one's skates on
  7. get one's teeth into
  8. get one's ticket punched
  9. get one's tits in a wringer
  10. get one's undies in a bundle
  11. get one's way

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