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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GET ONE'S SKATES ON»
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1
Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
'skating-rink nc an area of ice set aside or designed for skating on. get one's
skates on (Brit in/) to hurry up: I'd better get my skates on if I want to get to the
cinema by nine o clock. skate over vt fus (in/) to pass over (a subject, difficulty etc)
...
2
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
See shut of. . . get (one's) skates on. To 'get a move on', hurry. See skates and get
cracking. get slopped out. To empty one's slops: prison coll.: late C.19—20.
Norman. get some dirt on your tapes! Get some experience as an NCO—~esp., ...
sR # ft t nv ffein jgpf &MM#E.I^;tffefnMXRl£o size [saiz] w. A'KR~t ;^$^ CfifSl cut sb
. down to size ^ffi^AJt BffB;*J*KAi|§& That's about the size of it. ^t^f+^TW skate [
skeit] n. *^ w. ft*.^* [$£S] get one's skates on ^U ft , .#, ft (= put one's skates on) ...
4
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
... shift; swing the gate; travel; zap A fast person or thing scooter; swiftie To
accelerate give her the gun; gun; pour (on) the coal; step on the gas Acceleration
welly To hurry drag ass; get a hump on; get a wiggle on; get one's skates on; haul
ass; ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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Shorter Slang Dictionary
2 a phrase used to describe (the position adopted by the rider of) an old-
fashioned bicycle or motorcycle. The phrase is also applied to certain
oldfashioned cars. Since around 1950. skag see scag. skates in to get (one's)
skates on, to hurry.
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
6
Chambers concise dictionary
get one's skates on colloq to hurry up. skate on thin ice to risk danger, harm or
embarrassment. O skate over something to hurry or rush over it • We'll skate over
this next chapter, skate round something to avoid dealing with something or ...
7
Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French
2 Se magner le train: To 'get one's skates on', to hurry up. 3 Filer le train à quelqu'
un: To dog someone's footsteps, to follow someone closely. On lui a dit defiler le
train au maljrat He was told to tail that suspect. 4 Remettre quelqu'un au train ...
E A Lovatt Esq, R J H, R. J. H 'erail, 2005
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Using French Vocabulary
... slide l'éboulement(m) crumbling, collapsing, caving in Fastmovement détaler to
make off, scamper filer to dash by, make off grouiller to mill about segrouiller to
hurry up, get one's skates on remuerleshanches to sway one's hips Movement of
...
K(*A)W(!BA3. gfij ft (That graduate doesn't size up to our expectation. SPfWH^
&Wtii1! mmmmm □ i to try for size ML TRY what size? &JgR«S ; M*g'J?&("What
sizeT "My shoes are size eleven." "^A skate to get one's skates on (P)gtt !
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
The phrase get one's skates on 'hurry up' was originally military slang in the late
19th century. skeleton [L16th] This is modern Latin, from the Greek skeletos 'dried
up'. The general sense 'supporting framework' is found from the mid 17th ...
