"get the lead out" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets the lead out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting the lead out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the lead out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the lead out",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten the lead out",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> the lead out"
      },
      "expansion": "get the lead out (third-person singular simple present gets the lead out, present participle getting the lead out, simple past got the lead out, past participle (UK) got the lead out or (US) gotten the lead out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English light verb constructions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English predicates",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go faster; to hurry up."
      ],
      "id": "en-get_the_lead_out-en-verb-AVpPSDZD",
      "links": [
        [
          "faster",
          "faster"
        ],
        [
          "hurry up",
          "hurry up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, dated) To go faster; to hurry up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get the lead out"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets the lead out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting the lead out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the lead out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got the lead out",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten the lead out",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> the lead out"
      },
      "expansion": "get the lead out (third-person singular simple present gets the lead out, present participle getting the lead out, simple past got the lead out, past participle (UK) got the lead out or (US) gotten the lead out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English light verb constructions",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English predicates",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go faster; to hurry up."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "faster",
          "faster"
        ],
        [
          "hurry up",
          "hurry up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, dated) To go faster; to hurry up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get the lead out"
}