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get on the stick

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get on the stick

  (American)

to force yourself to hurry or to start working If I get on the stick I'll finish the report by this evening.

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get on the stick

Start working, as in I have to get on the stick and start preparing dinner. This synonym for get going or get busy alludes to getting a car going by manipulating the gearshift, or stick. [Slang; early 1900s]

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get on the stick

in. to get organized and get busy. Get on the stick and get this job done!

See also: get, on, stick