Pull your finger out!

Pull your finger out!
  If someone tells you to do this, they want you to hurry up.

Dictionary of English idioms . . 2014.

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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 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 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 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

  • get 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 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 my finger — is a joke or prank regarding flatulence in which a mark is asked to pull the finger of the illusionist (or person playing the joke), who simultaneously flatulates so as to suggest a causal relationship between the pulling of the finger and the… …   Wikipedia

  • 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

  • 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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