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get moving

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Definition of get moving

informal
: to start moving or going quickly : to hurry
  • We need to get moving or we'll miss the show.

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get play

  1. : to gain possession of

  2. : to receive as a return : earn

  3. : to obtain by concession or entreaty

  1. : something begotten:

  2. : offspring

  3. : the entire progeny of a male animal

  1. : a document of release from obligation in Jewish law

  2. : a religious divorce by Jewish law

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moving

  1. : marked by or capable of movement

  2. : of or relating to a change of residence

  3. : used for transferring furnishings from one residence to another

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