get (one's) finger out



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."
See also: finger, get, out

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SimeonSIM-ee-ən (English)Biblical, Bulgarian, Serbian
Margrete-Norwegian
Oleksiy-Ukrainian
RowlandRO-ləndEnglish
Salman-Arabic
Zahari-Bulgarian