Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To get busy; to get going; to be productive.

    Shake a leg! We haven't got all day.

    шевелисьševelisʹ

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Shake a leg.

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  2. I can't stop shaking my leg.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
get busy; get going; be productive:

Forms

shakes a leg, shaking a leg, shook a leg, shaken a leg
Base formshake a leg · to shake a leg
3rd person singularshakes a leg
Present participleshaking a leg
Past simpleshook a leg
Past participleshaken a leg

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshake a leg
he, she, itshakes a leg

Past simpleLesson

all personsshook a leg

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shaken a leg
he, she, ithas shaken a leg

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shake a leg

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shahshahadashakeB1shakershakyB2shale
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