get one's ass in gear
To exert effective effortTo exert effective effort; to get going; to get moving; to start producing.
» Get your gear.
Бери свои вещи. — venticello
Возьми свое снаряжение. — Shep7000
Візьми свої речі. — shanghainese
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(US, idiomatic)To exert effective effort; to get going; to get moving; to start producing.
He had been sitting there for two hours until the boss showed up and told him to get his ass in gear.
вка́лыватьvkályvatʹ, горба́титьсяgorbátitʹsja, въёбыватьvʺjóbyvatʹ
Examples
12 sentencesGet your gear.
Візьми свої речі. — shanghainese
ruБери свои вещи. — venticello
Get your laughing gear round this.
deHier, hau dir das mal rein! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You've got it in the wrong gear.
He's got all the gear and no idea.
deDas beste Werkzeug ist ein Tand in eines tumben Toren Hand. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
She should see about getting her ass in gear.
deSie soll endlich ihren Arsch hochkriegen! — manese
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
gets one's ass in gear, getting one's ass in gear, got one's ass in gear, gotten one's ass in gear| Base form | get one's ass in gear · to get one's ass in gear |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | gets one's ass in gear |
| Present participle | getting one's ass in gear |
| Past simple | got one's ass in gear |
| Past participle | gotten one's ass in gear |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | get one's ass in gear |
| he, she, it | gets one's ass in gear |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | got one's ass in gear |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have gotten one's ass in gear |
| he, she, it | has gotten one's ass in gear |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will get one's ass in gear |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.