get weaving
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Definition
Verb (phrasal verb): - To begin acting or working with energy and urgency; to start moving or doing something promptly. This imperative phrase is used to tell someone to stop delaying and to commence an activity immediately, often with a sense of haste or purpose.
Usage and Examples
- Imperative (command/urging):
- We have a lot to do today, so let's get weaving!
- The deadline is in two hours. You'd better get weaving on that report.
- Descriptive:
- As soon as the alarm sounded, the emergency team got weaving.
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is informal and often carries a tone of encouragement, urgency, or mild admonishment to overcome procrastination or slowness.
- It is synonymous with other informal imperative phrases like "get going," "get moving," or "get cracking."
Variants and Related Words
- Weave (verb): While its core meaning is to form fabric by interlacing threads, in the phrasal verb "get weaving," the sense is metaphorical, relating to moving or acting in an energetic, interlacing, or busy manner.
Synonyms
- Get started: To begin.
- Get going: To start moving or acting.
- Get a move on: To hurry up and start.
- Spring into action: To begin acting suddenly and energetically.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Get on with it: To proceed with a task, especially after a delay.
- Stop talking and get on with it!
- Get cracking: To start doing something quickly and energetically.
- We need to get cracking if we want to finish on time.
Related Idioms
- Make hay while the sun shines: To take advantage of an opportunity without delay. While not a direct synonym, it shares the thematic idea of prompt, energetic action.
- Strike while the iron is hot: To act decisively at the most opportune moment.
Verb
- start to be active
- Get cracking, please!