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"2": "pull one's finger out of one's arse"
},
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"etymology_text": "Clipping of pull one's finger out of one's arse, probably from the notion that one should not sit on one's hands.",
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"expansion": "pull one's finger out (third-person singular simple present pulls one's finger out, present participle pulling one's finger out, simple past and past participle pulled one's finger out)",
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"text": "You've been sitting there all week. It's time you sorted yourself out and pulled your finger out!",
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"ref": "2022 March 23, “Network News: Warning of risk to new-builds unless funding settlement agreed”, in RAIL, number 953, page 18",
"text": "Speaking at Mayor's Question Time on February 24, Sheikh said: \"It's time for the Government to pull its finger out and give TfL the funding package it needs in the wake of the pandemic.",
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"To stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task."
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"(idiomatic, informal) To stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task."
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"ref": "2022 March 23, “Network News: Warning of risk to new-builds unless funding settlement agreed”, in RAIL, number 953, page 18",
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"To stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task."
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