Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get one's skates on

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
get one's skates on
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To start doing something quickly; to stop procrastinating; to hurry up.

Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

gets one's skates on (present, singular) getting one's skates on (participle, present) got one's skates on (past) got one's skates on (UK, participle) gotten one's skates on (US, participle)

Synonyms

get a move on hurry up

Questions

What does get one's skates on mean?
To start doing something quickly; to stop procrastinating; to hurry up.

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