ponerse los patines

1.
SpainLatin Americaneutral
- To put on one's skates; to prepare physically to skate.
2.
SpainLatin Americainformalcolloquial
- To get moving quickly or take decisive action, often with energy or urgency (figurative).

Examples:

ES: -Habrá que ponerse los patines.
EN: -So we"d better get our skates on.
ES: Y... Y Danko Jones, contra su voluntad, tiene que ponerse los patines... y acudir al paseo.
EN: And... and Danko Jones, against his will, has to lace up and... and hit the strand.
ES: Ethan y el caballo ayudan a Julia a ponerse los patines, sale de la habitación llorando y el caballo dice: "Eso salió bien".
EN: Ethan and the Horse try to get Julia to put on the roller skates, and she runs out of the room crying, and then, the Horse says, "That went well."