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gets a wiggle on

gets a wiggle on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get a wiggle on.

Meaning of get a wiggle on

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

Questions about gets a wiggle on

What is gets a wiggle on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets a wiggle on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get a wiggle on.

Words near gets a wiggle on in the dictionary

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

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