bestir oneself

bestir oneself: verb

start to be active

- Get cracking, please!

• Syn: ↑get cracking, ↑get going, ↑get moving, ↑get weaving, ↑get started, ↑get rolling

• Hypernyms:

↑get down, ↑begin, ↑get, ↑start out, ↑start, ↑set about, ↑set out, ↑commence

• Verb Frames:

- Something ——s

- Somebody ——s

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EXERT ONESELF, make an effort, rouse oneself, get going, get moving, get on with it; informal shake a leg, look lively, get cracking, get weaving, get one's finger out, get off one's backside; Brit. informal, dated stir one's stumps.

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