Get the lead out!

get the lead out

To do something at a faster pace. (Lead is a very heavy metal.) Come on, these papers won't copy themselves—get the lead out, fellas! It's already 9:00 PM? Dang, I need to get the lead out and finish this book report! Wait, you guys haven't cleaned this whole section of the garage yet? Come on, get the lead out!

See also: get, lead, out

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Get the lead out!

exclam. Get moving!; Hurry up! (Crude. It is assumed that one has bowels full of lead.) Come on, you turkeys. Get the lead out!

See also: get, lead

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