10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GET ONE'S ACT TOGETHER»
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get one's act together in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
get one's act together and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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American Slang: Cultural Language Guide to Living in the USA
Get off someone's back: See, Back. Get on one's nerves: See, Nerve. Get one
going: get one encouraged. Don't get him going about baseball; he'll talk with you
for hours. Get one's act together/Get one's ass in gear (expressive): gain control
of ...
Joseph Melillo, Edward M. Melillo, 2004
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
1900] get one's act together Also, get one's shit or it all together. Start to behave
more appropriately or effectively; get organized. For example, Once ]oe gets his
act together he'll get a raise, or Youii better get it all together before the boss ...
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Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
... GET ON TO — GET ON TOWARD — GET ON WITH SOMEBODY — GET
ONE'S ACT TOGETHER — GET ONE DOWN — GET ONE OFF THE HOOK —
GET ONE WRONG — GET ONE'S BACK UP — GET ONE'S BRAINS FRIED GET
ONE'S ...
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Shorter Slang Dictionary
From the noun get, offspring, bastard. See also git. get, v. to annoy or worry, as in
what gets me about him is his confounded complacency. Used in the USA since
around 1880 and in the UK from around 1920. get (one's) act together 1 to take ...
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
'Get off on' can also be used to refer to the physical/emotional satisfaction that
comes with pleasurable sex. get one's act together, also get one's head together
v phr [New therapies] a phrase that implies pulling onself back from a potential ...
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
... revenge Rache: das/etw. ist die Rache des kleinen Mannes you/he/John/... will
have to get going/to get you/his/... act together rühren: du/er/der Peter mußt/
solltest/... dich/sich/... schon/... ein bißchen/... rühren to get one's act together
Riemen: ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
oRDER arrange, systematize, coordinate, methodize, align, collate, 'get it
together, 'get one's ducks in a row, 'get one's act together, SEE oRDER 2. poRM
formulate, develop, create, bring together, give rise to, found, originate, establish.
ANT 1 ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
... act (colloq) to start participating in something apparently profitable already
taking place in order to share in the benefits: get one's act together (colloq) to get
oneself organized: hard act to follow (colloq) something outstanding another
person ...
get cold feet 128 get in the way 145 get off ground 145 get off the fence 130 get
off to a ... start 364 get on one's high horse 183 get on one's nerves 249 get one's
act together 4 get one's feet wet 129 get one's fill of 131 get one's hands on 166 ...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
get one's act together colloa to become organized and ready for action,
especially in relation to a specific undertaking. © 14c; late 15c as verb: from Latin
actum thing done. □ act as someone or something to perform the actions or
functions of ...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GET ONE'S ACT TOGETHER»
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get one's act together is used in the context of the following news items.
Football writer Jim Dent gets 10 years in prison for 10 DWIs
It's a matter of willpower and desire to get one's act together. Help is available. Many have had alcohol and drug problems and I don't dog them ... «NBCSports.com, Apr 15»
Modi In Myanmar: From 'Look East' To 'Act East' - Analysis
... a departure from the LEP, it does highlight a more nuanced position of acknowledging the need to `act' or to `get one's act together', to move ... «Eurasia Review, Nov 14»
Murthy brings Infosys back to the starting line
"There is a kind of urgency to perform among employees, and everyone is trying to get one's act together." During his interaction with analysts, ... «Business Standard, Dec 13»
Moving the books on the Titanic
Then there's the duplicates which really might free up a foot or two if one could get one's act together to flog them or give them away. «Times Online, Jun 12»
The TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
Then there's the duplicates which really might free up a foot or two if one could get one's act together to flog them or give them away. «Times Online, Jun 12»
Green's Dictionary of Slang
One further discovers that "get one's act together" comes from United States black English, probably the single most fertile source of slang in the ... «New Statesman, Jan 11»
