get/put your skates on
get (one's) skates on
To hurry up or move faster. Timmy, get your skates on, or we'll be late to the party! If these guys don't get their skates on, we'll be here moving boxes all day.
See also: get, on, skate
put (one's) skates on
To hurry up or move faster. Timmy, put your skates on, or we'll be late to the party! If these guys don't put their skates on, we'll be here moving boxes all day.
See also: on, put, skate
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
get your skates on
mainly BRITISH, INFORMALIf someone tells you to get your skates on, they are telling you to hurry up. Come on, get your skates on — we should be there by now! Bargain hunters had better get their skates on — the best properties are selling fast.
See also: get, on, skate
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
get your skates on
make haste; hurry up. British informalSee also: get, on, skate
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
get/put your ˈskates on
(British English, informal) hurry up: If you don’t put your skates on, you’ll be late for work.See also: get, on, put, skate
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- get (one's) skates on
- get your skates on
- put (one's) skates on
- at one go
- at/in one go
- in one go
- in (just) a minute
- in (just) a moment
- skate on
- skate on (something)