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got moving

got moving is the simple past and past participle of get moving.

Meaning of get moving

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.

Questions about got moving

What is got moving the simple past and past participle of?
Got moving is the simple past and past participle of get moving.

Words near got moving in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: got moving (page history and authors); get moving (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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