get the lead out

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To go faster; to hurry up. dated,idiomatic

词形变化

gets the lead out present,singular,third-person getting the lead out participle,present got the lead out past got the lead out UK,participle,past gotten the lead out US,participle,past

词源

A shortened form of get the lead out of one's shoes (or one's pants). Here, lead refers to a very heavy metal, thus the expression means roughly to get rid of whatever is slowing one down and hurry up.
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