step lively | Idiomator

Meaning: (US,idiomatic,dated,usually in theimperative)Tomovequickly; tohurryalong.1907August 1, “The Sprit of Rush”, inThe New York Times‎[1], archived fromthe originalon30 January 2023:Our London correspondent informs us that the "spirit of rush" possesses London. The motor omnibuses reach a speed rate of four miles an hour. The guards on the underground railway are beginning to exclaim "Step lively!" Old-fashioned, conservative Britons are indignant.1908,Percy Keese Fitzhugh,King Time: Or The Mystical Land of the Hours, a Fantasy, New York and Boston: H.M. Caldwell Company,page197:"Step lively, please," said a jiffy who was sitting on the adjoining post. "Father Time permits no delays, you know; come,step lively!"1916, Hugh A. Moran, “The Oxford College and the American Fraternity”, inDelta Kappa Epsilon Quarterly, volume34, number 1, page64:The Oxford system of a wheel within a wheel has all the advantages of the small college and the great university. The student of even mediocre ability, if he have ambition and energy, can find himself and his place among the multiplex societies and clubs of the Oxford College, while even a hunchback, if hesteps lively, can get on some sort of college athletic team.1941March 1, Hugo Johanson, “Bed and Board”, inThe Atlantic‎[2], archived fromthe originalon28 September 2022:The making up of ninety beds in twelve hours requires (granting that you dote on bedmaking) no superhuman strength and endurance; but if, in addition, you are expected to clean thirty-six spittoons, three lavatories, a lobby, and a restaurant, it behooves you tostep lively.2014, Michael Egley,Salagar the Grim: The Dagor's Axe,iUniverse,→ISBN, page402:As I watched, the crewstepped lively, the capstan grasped by four men, the fore and aft anchors rapidly pulled and secured.2022November 10, Larry Stone, “Seahawks take a page from 2018, embrace 'field trip' to Germany”, inThe Seattle Times‎[3], archived fromthe originalon23 November 2022:And yet there the Seahawks were Thursday afternoon, on one of the soccer fields of FC Bayern Munich's vast practice facility,stepping livelyas the familiar music from their weekly "Techno Thursday" playlist blared.

Examples:

EN: - Have to step lively. madam. - No.
ES: - Dese prisa, señora.
EN: I won't step lively.
ES: - No, no lo haré.
EN: From now on, you're going to step lively round here.
ES: A partir de ahora, vas a estar muy animado por aquí.
EN: Have the men step lively, Mr. Kirby.
ES: Que los hombres caminen rápidamente, Sr. Kirby.
EN: So step lively, pals You'll soon be with the gals
ES: ♪ Aligerad que pronto estaréis con vuestras chicas ♪
ES: ♪ Así que rápido, compañeros, pronto estaréis con las chicas ♪
EN: Come on, boys, step lively.
ES: Vamos, muchachos, apúrense.
EN: Uh, step lively, Jeeves.
ES: Apúrese, Jeeves.
EN: Come forward when your names are called, and step lively.
ES: Acérquense rápidamente cuando diga sus nombres.
EN: We've got to step lively now if we're going to make that meeting at the town hall.
ES: Debemos darnos prisa si queremos llegar a la reunión de vecinos.
EN: That's my mate. Come on, step lively.
ES: Vamos, paso ligero. ¿Estás dormido?
EN: Now then, step lively, young fellow.
ES: Vamos, apúrese, joven.
EN: All right, step lively, men.
ES: Muy bien, paso ligero.
EN: Come on, step lively.
ES: Vamos, paso ligero.
EN: All right, step lively, everybody.
ES: Eso, dense prisa. Pasen hasta el fondo.
EN: All right, boys, step lively.
ES: Bien chicos, despacio.

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