pull one's finger out

English

Etymology

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Verb

pull one's finger out

1. (idiomatic) To stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task

   You've been sitting there all week. It's time you sorted yourself out and pulled your finger out!

References

• “get (or pull) one’s finger out”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.