get one's skates on

Verb

idiomatic informal

(informal, idiomatic) To start doing something quickly; to stop procrastinating; to hurry up.

Japanese Meaning

急いで物事を始める / ぐずぐずせずに行動に移る / 迅速に動く

If one wants to catch the train, one should get one's skates on.

列車に間に合いたければ、さっさと行動しなければならない。

Sense（1）

(informal, idiomatic) To start doing something quickly; to stop procrastinating; to hurry up.

If I don't get my skates on now I'm going to be late!

gets one's skates on

（ present singular third-person ）

getting one's skates on

（ participle present ）

got one's skates on

（ past ）

got one's skates on

（ UK participle past ）

gotten one's skates on

（ US participle past ）