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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Everyone has experienced that itch to get moving before and it shouldn’t be dismissed, according to Thompson.
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Theresa Tamkins, SELF, 21 Feb. 2025
So perhaps the best way to approach this first week of our new Thailand adventure is to look at how each of those parts is deployed here before things get moving in the coming installments.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2025
Home workouts are a great way to get moving and stay active without a gym membership.
—Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2025
Hopefully now that Rose and Catherine are in New York to stay, the plot can really get moving.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
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Theresa Tamkins, SELF, 21 Feb. 2025
So perhaps the best way to approach this first week of our new Thailand adventure is to look at how each of those parts is deployed here before things get moving in the coming installments.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2025
Home workouts are a great way to get moving and stay active without a gym membership.
—Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2025
Hopefully now that Rose and Catherine are in New York to stay, the plot can really get moving.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 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 7 Jun. 2025.
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