get a wiggle on

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Meaning: (idiomatic,colloquial)Tohurry up.1907,Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 16, inThe Brass Bowl:“If yeh're goin' to see yer fren', yeh betterget a wiggle on. He won't last long.”1910,Stewart Edward White, chapter 17, inThe Rules of the Game:Get a wiggle onyou, fellows. We'll never get out at this rate.1915,John Galsworthy,The Little Man,sc. 1:AMERICAN: My eggs!Get a wiggle onyou!WAITER: Yes, sare.2008June 11, "Counties set to defy Modi diktat,"indianexpress.com(India)(retrieved 20 May 2011)“If it is up to Cricket Australia to come up with rules and regulations, then maybe they would like toget a wiggle onbecause this thing is about to start.”

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