get the lead out

短语

词形变化

gets the lead out 三单 gets the lead out getting the lead out gotten the lead out got the lead out getting the lead out 现在分词 got the lead out 过去式 got the lead out 过去分词 gotten the lead out 过去式 gotten the lead out 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To go faster; to hurry up.

    过时 习语

词源

A shortened form of get the lead out of one's shoes (or one's pants). Here, lead refers to a very heavy metal, thus the expression means roughly to get rid of whatever is slowing one down and hurry up.

来源:wiktionary