shake the lead out
shake the lead out
To do something at a faster pace. (Lead is a very heavy metal.) Come on, these papers won't copy themselves—shake the lead out, fellas!
See also: lead, out, shake
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- get the lead out
- Get the lead out!
- get the lead out of (one's) pants
- get the lead out of one's feet
- get the lead out of (one's) feet
- lead in
- led
- lead the line
- lead with
- lead (one) to the altar