shake a leg

(informal).See hurry verb sense 1.

→ shake

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phrasal

1. : dance

shaking a leg at junketings and fairs — Siegfried Sassoon

2. : to hurry up : move quickly

if you shake a leg and somebody doesn't get in ahead of you — John Dos Passos

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shake a leg (informal)

To hurry up

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Main Entry: ↑leg

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shake a leg (often imperative; informal)

To hurry up, get moving

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Main Entry: ↑shake

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shake a leg spoken phrase

used for telling someone to hurry

Shake a leg! The bus leaves in 15 minutes!

Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to hurry_synonym

Main entry: shake

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informal make a start; rouse oneself

come on, shake a leg

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shake a leg

informal : to go or move quickly

You'd better shake a leg [=hurry up] if you don't want to be late for work.

— often used as a command

Shake a leg! You're going to be late!

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Main Entry: ↑leg

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shake a leg

informal : to move or go quickly

It's time to shake a leg–we're running late.

— often used as a command

“Shake a leg! We're going to be late.”

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Main Entry: ↑shake

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shake a ˈleg idiom

(old-fashioned, informal) used to tell sb to start to do sth or to hurry

Main entry: ↑shake_idiom