get the lead out

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get the lead out 的定义

  1. Also, get the lead out of one's feet or pants. Hurry up, move faster. For example, Get the lead out of your pants, kids, or we'll be late, or, even more figuratively, Arthur is the slowest talker—he can't seem to get the lead out and make his point. This expression implies that lead, the heaviest of the base metals, is preventing one from moving. [Slang; first half of 1900s]

get the lead out 近义词

v. 动词 verb

hurry

更多get the lead out例句

  1. Really, is it any wonder that fluoride should freak people out?
  2. For a while yoga and pilates classes were sought out at luxury gyms like Equinox.
  3. On Thursday, Garcetti ruled himself out of the race to succeed Boxer.
  4. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  5. Police officials told the AP that they came out with guns blazing.
  6. And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
  7. Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
  8. Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"
  9. The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
  10. Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.