get moving
idiom
informal
: to start moving or going quickly : to hurry
We need to get moving or we'll miss the show.
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After approving three of the 12 annual appropriations bills in November, Senate GOP leaders and appropriators were eager to get moving on the next batch of bills.
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Take a family walk Walking is one of the simplest, most accessible ways to get moving.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
How can the Party get moving again?
—Erin Neil, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
Also, if Meyers is dead set on leaving the team, the Raiders would have to get moving on a trade as soon as possible.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Take a family walk Walking is one of the simplest, most accessible ways to get moving.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
How can the Party get moving again?
—Erin Neil, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
Also, if Meyers is dead set on leaving the team, the Raiders would have to get moving on a trade as soon as possible.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for get moving
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“Get moving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20moving. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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