English Explanatory Dictionary

roll up one's sleeves

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To prepare to work.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see roll, up, one's, sleeves.

Pronunciation

En-au-roll up one's sleeves.ogg

Word forms

roll up one's sleeves rolls up one's sleeves rolling up one's sleeves rolled up one's sleeves

Synonyms

belly up to the bar get down to brass tacks get one's act together pull one's socks up shape up

Related words

at the coal face in the trenches
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