English Explanatory Dictionary

pull one's finger out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task.

Pronunciation

En-au-pull one's finger out.ogg

Word forms

pull one's finger out pulls one's finger out pulling one's finger out pulled one's finger out

Etymology

Clipping of pull one's finger out of one's arse, probably from the notion that one should not sit on one's hands.

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