English Explanatory Dictionary

get the lead out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To go faster; to hurry up.

Word forms

get the lead out gets the lead out getting the lead out got the lead out gotten the lead out

Etymology

A shortened form of get the lead out of one's shoes (or one's pants). Here, lead refers to a very heavy metal, thus the expression means roughly to get rid of whatever is slowing one down and hurry up.

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