"shake a leg" meaning in English

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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Shake a leg! We haven't got all day.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To get busy; to get going; to be productive."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "get busy",
          "get busy"
        ],
        [
          "get going",
          "get going"
        ],
        [
          "productive",
          "productive"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "frequently imperative",
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        "(idiomatic, frequently imperative) To get busy; to get going; to be productive."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "break a leg"
        },
        {
          "word": "show a leg"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "get busy; get going; be productive",
          "word": "pohnout kostrou"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "get busy; get going; be productive",
          "word": "se secouer"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ševelisʹ",
          "sense": "get busy; get going; be productive",
          "word": "шевелись"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "shake a leg"
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        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "shook a leg",
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      ]
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      "form": "shaken a leg",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
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      "word": "break a leg"
    },
    {
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    }
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        "To get busy; to get going; to be productive."
      ],
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          "get going",
          "get going"
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        "(idiomatic, frequently imperative) To get busy; to get going; to be productive."
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "get busy; get going; be productive",
      "word": "pohnout kostrou"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "get busy; get going; be productive",
      "word": "se secouer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ševelisʹ",
      "sense": "get busy; get going; be productive",
      "word": "шевелись"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shake a leg"
}