"get one's finger out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-get one's finger out.ogg [Australia] Forms: gets one's finger out [present, singular, third-person], getting one's finger out [participle, present], got one's finger out [past], got one's finger out [UK, participle, past], gotten one's finger out [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> one's finger out}} get one's finger out (third-person singular simple present gets one's finger out, present participle getting one's finger out, simple past got one's finger out, past participle (UK) got one's finger out or (US) gotten one's finger out)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To proceed with the matter in hand. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Translations (stop delaying): se bouger les fesses (French), se remuer les fesses (French), se bouger le cul (French), Gas geben (German), muovere il culo (Italian), mover el culo (Spanish), ponerse las pilas (Spanish), få tummen ur (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-get_one's_finger_out-en-verb--8vHiL-O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "sense": "stop delaying",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "stop delaying",
      "word": "se bouger le cul"
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      "sense": "stop delaying",
      "word": "Gas geben"
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      "sense": "stop delaying",
      "word": "muovere il culo"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stop delaying",
      "word": "mover el culo"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stop delaying",
      "word": "ponerse las pilas"
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