pull your socks up

pull your socks up
pull your socks up british informal phrase
used when you are telling someone that they are not doing a job well enough and that they must do better
Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to hurrysynonym
Main entry: pull

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pull your ˈsocks up idiom
(BrE, informal) to try to improve your performance, work, behaviour, etc

You're going to have to pull your socks up.

Main entry:pullidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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