pull finger out

pull finger out
get/pull (your) finger out British & Australian, very informal if you tell someone to get their finger out, you mean they should start working hard.

You'd better pull your finger out, you should have finished this job hours ago.


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  • pull your finger out — pull/get/your finger out british spoken phrase to start to make more effort Thesaurus: to try hard to do or get somethingsynonym Main entry: finger * * * get, pull, etc. your ˈfinger out …   Useful english dictionary

  • pull your finger out! — (UK) If someone tells you to do this, they want you to hurry up. ( Get your finger out is also used.) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • pull one's finger out Brit. — pull one s finger out Brit. informal cease prevaricating and start to act. → finger …   English new terms dictionary

  • pull one's finger out — ► pull one s finger out Brit. informal cease prevaricating and start to act. Main Entry: ↑finger …   English terms dictionary

  • pull one's finger out —  See finger out …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • pull your finger out — get/pull (your) finger out British & Australian, very informal if you tell someone to get their finger out, you mean they should start working hard. You d better pull your finger out, you should have finished this job hours ago …   New idioms dictionary

  • pull finger — vb New Zealand to get a move on, stop dawdling, increase efficiency. A brusque shorten ing of the colloquial pull one s finger out . OK, it s time to pull finger and get moving …   Contemporary slang

  • pull one's finger out — verb To stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task Youve been sitting there all week, its time you sorted yourself out and pulled your finger out! …   Wiktionary

  • pull your finger out! — (UK)    If someone tells you to do this, they want you to hurry up. ( Get your finger out is also used.)   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • get finger out — get/pull (your) finger out British & Australian, very informal if you tell someone to get their finger out, you mean they should start working hard. You d better pull your finger out, you should have finished this job hours ago …   New idioms dictionary

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