Start to be active.
synonyms: get cracking, get going, get moving, get rolling, get started, get weaving.
Roget 682:
be active
etc.
adj.;
busy oneself in;
stir,
stir about,
stir one's stumps;
bestir oneself,
rouse oneself;
speed,
hasten,
peg away,
lay about one,
bustle,
fuss;
raise up,
kick up a dust;
push;
make a push,
make a fuss,
make a stir;
go ahead,
push forward;
fight one's way,
elbow one's way;
make progress
etc.
282;
toll
etc.
(labor)
686;
plod,
persist
etc.
(persevere)
604.1;
keep up the ball,
keep the pot boiling.
look sharp;
have all one's eyes about one
etc.
(vigilance)
459;
rise,
arouse oneself,
hustle,
get up early,
be about,
keep moving,
steal a march,
kill two birds with one stone;
seize the opportunity
etc.
134,
lose no time,
not lose a moment,
make the most of one's time,
not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet,
improve the shining hour,
make short work of;
dash off;
make haste
etc.
684;
do one's best take pains
etc.
(exert oneself)
686;
do wonders,
work wonders.
have many irons in the fire,
have one's hands full,
have much on one's hands;
have other things to do,
have other fish to fry;
be busy;
not have a moment to spare,
not have a moment that one can call one's own.
have one's fling,
run the round of;
go all lengths,
stick at nothing,
run riot.
outdo;
overdo,
overact,
overlay,
overshoot the mark;
make a toil of a pleasure.
have a hand in
etc.
(act in)
680;
take an active part,
put in one's oar,
have a finger in the pie,
mix oneself up with,
trouble,
one's head about,
intrigue;
agitate.
tamper with,
meddle,
moil;
intermeddle,
interfere,
interpose;
obtrude;
poke one's nose in,
thrust one's nose in.
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Roget 684:
haste,
hasten;
make haste,
make a dash
etc.
n.;
hurry on,
dash on,
whip on,
push on,
press on,
press forward;
hurry,
skurry†,
scuttle along,
barrel along,
bundle on,
dart to and fro,
bustle,
flutter,
scramble;
plunge,
plunge headlong;
dash off;
rush
etc.
(violence)
173;
express.
bestir oneself
etc.
(be active)
682;
lose no time,
lose not a moment,
lose not an instant;
make short work of;
make the best of one's time,
make the best of one's way.
be precipitate
etc.
adj.;
jump at,
be in haste,
be in a hurry
etc.
n.;
have no time,
have not a moment to lose,
have not a moment to spare;
work against time.
quicken
etc.
274;
accelerate,
expedite,
put on,
precipitate,
urge,
whip;
railroad.
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