get one's ass in gear

English

Alternative forms

• get one's arse into gear, get one's ass into gear, put one's ass in gear, have one's ass in gear

Pronunciation

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Verb

get one's ass in gear

1. (US, idiomatic) To exert effective effort; to get going; to get moving; to start producing.

   He had been sitting there for two hours until the boss showed up and told him to get his ass in gear.

Usage notes

• "Ass" is sometimes used to denote self in idioms and expressions, as in "get your ass up", "get your ass out of here."

Translations

to exert effective effort

• Finnish: panna liikettä niveliin
• Portuguese: mexer-se
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• Russian: вка́лывать (ru) impf (vkályvatʹ) (colloquial), горба́титься (ru) impf (gorbátitʹsja) (colloquial), въёбывать (ru) impf (vʺjóbyvatʹ) (vulgar), въя́бывать impf (vʺjábyvatʹ) (vulgar)
• Spanish: mover el culo

See also

• find another gear