to move (to stir) one's leg

  • 1stir — vb Stir, rouse, arouse, awaken, waken, rally can all mean to cause to shift from quiescence or torpor into activity. Stir, often followed by up, usually presupposes excitement to activity by something which disturbs or agitates and so brings to… …

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  • 2stir — Synonyms and related words: action, activate, activeness, activism, activity, actuate, actuation, ado, advance, affect, agitate, agitation, amalgamate, animate, annoy, arise, arouse, ascend, awake, awaken, back, back up, be turbulent, beat, beat… …

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  • 3move — v 1. budge, stir, change place or position; shift, yield, give way, move over. 2. flit, fly, hie, hop, dart; zoom, vroom, whoosh, sweep, skim, skim along, Sl. breeze in or out or along; wend, meander, gad, gad about. 3. advance, progress, go, go… …

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  • 4get a move on — (informal) HURRY UP, speed up, move faster; informal get cracking, get moving, step on it, shake a leg; Brit. informal get one s skates on, stir one s stumps; N. Amer. informal get a wiggle on; …

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  • 5Alfred Henry Hook — Infobox Military Person name=Alfred Henry Hook lived=6 August 1850 12 March 1905 placeofbirth=Churcham, Gloucestershire, England placeofdeath=Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England caption=Hook pictured with his Victoria Cross nickname=… …

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  • 6hasten — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make haste] Syn. rush, sprint, spurt, scurry, move quickly, bestir oneself, dash off, plunge, bustle, waste no time, lose no time, fly, be in a hurry, cover ground, not lose a moment, hurry, hurry up, press, press on,… …

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  • 7stump — /stʌmp / (say stump) noun 1. the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and the branches have been removed. 2. the part of a limb of the body remaining after the… …

  • 8Velocity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Velocity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 velocity velocity speed celerity Sgm: N 1 swiftness swiftness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 rapidity rapidity eagle speed Sgm: N 1 expedition expedition …

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  • 9jump to it — (informal) HURRY UP, get a move on, be quick; informal get cracking, shake a leg, look lively, look sharp, pull one s finger out; Brit. informal get one s skates on, stir one s stumps; N. Amer. informal get a wiggle on; …

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  • 10performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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