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Meaning of get a wriggle on | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To hurry up.

colloquial, idiomatic

Examples

“Informed our hostess a thousand times we had to leave⟳ early, and do you think⟳ she'd get⟳ a wriggle on with the tea ?”
“While accepting he needs to get⟳ a wriggle on, Australia's annual great hope⟳ remains defiant and insists he can overcome⟳ a nightmare draw⟳ and once again challenge⟳ for the Norman Brookes Challenge⟳ Cup.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

get about get above oneself get across get across the line get action get after

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