get a move on—(often imper.)
1. hasten one’s steps; hurry up:
- As he slowed down, she added sharply, “Nay, get a move on, will you!”
2. start acting vigorously:
- I really just hadn’t packed things away very well, so I got a move on and got the room in decent order.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase move on—
1. go further; change to smth. new:
- I think we’ve talked enough about that subject; let’s move on.
2. a policeman’s order not to stand in one place:
- Occasionally, police ordered them to move on under the city’s anti-panhandling ordinance.
3. leave one’s home and move to another place:
- I was employed in Menlo Park, just down the peninsula from San Francisco. After a few years, I moved on while Reggie stayed.
get on the move —(also: get moving ) begin to travel:
- In the morning we got on the move again, this time for Southampton.