get (one's) finger out

slang To work harder; to stop dawdling. Primarily heard in UK. Come on, man, pull your finger out and get some research done today! A: "Did you finish your paper?" B: "Yeah, I finally pulled my finger out and got it done."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Modeste	-	French
Hanna (1)	HAHN-nah (Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian), HAH-nah (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, German, Dutch, Icelandic, Hungar
Rotem	-	Hebrew
LÜTfİ	-	Turkish
Auguste (1)	o-GOOST	French
Nephele	NEF-el-ee (English)	Greek Mythology