get/pull (your) finger out

British & Australian, very informal

if you tell someone to get their finger out, you mean they should start working hard.

You'd better pull your finger out, you should have finished this job hours ago.

• hit list
• hit man
• hit on
• hit on someone
• hit on something
• hit or miss
• hit pay dirt
• hit right between the eyes
• hit rock bottom
• hit someone between the eyes
• hit someone like a ton of bricks
• hit someone right between the eyes
• hit someone up
• hit someone where it hurts
• hit someone where it hurts most
• hit something hard
• hits the fan
• hit stride
• hit the books
• hit the bottle
• hit the brakes
• hit the brick wall
• hit the buffers
• hit the ceiling
• hit the deck