[get off one's tail] {v. phr.}, {slang} To get busy, to start working. * /OK you guys! Get off your tails and get cracking!/ A Dictionary of American Idioms

get going

[get going] {v.}, {informal} 1. To excite; stir up and make angry. * /The boys' teasing gets John going./ * /Talking about her freckles gets Mary going./ 2. or {chiefly […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cracking

[cracking] See: [GET CRACKING] - at [GET GOING] (2). A Dictionary of American Idioms

hurry up

[hurry up] {v. phr.} To rush (an emphatic form of hurry). * /Hurry up or we'll miss our plane./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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out of one's wits

[out of one's wits] See: [SCARE OUT OF ONE'S WITS].

Terry Pratchett

(1948--), SF author, Small Gods The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to.

cut across

[cut across] {v.} 1. To cross or go through instead of going around; go a short way. * /John didn't want to walk to the […]

in one fell swoop

[in one fell swoop] or [at one fell swoop] {adv. phr.} 1. {literary} In one attack or accident; in one bad blow. * /The […]

Henny Youngman

(1906-1998) U.S. comedian You can't buy love, but you can pay heavily for it.

OYATM

[OYATM] "One Year Ago This Month" used in Usenet binary groups when posting content that has just recently become old enough to […]

nip and tuck

[nip and tuck] {adj. or adv.}, {informal} Evenly matched; hard fought to the finish. * /The game was nip and tuck until the […]

put up or shut up

[put up or shut up] {v. phr.} {informal} 1. To bet your money on what you say or stop saying it. - Often used as a command; […]