pull one's finger out

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === === Verb === pull one's finger out (third-person singular simple present pulls one's finger out, present participle pulling one's finger out, simple past and past participle pulled one's finger out) (slang, idiomatic) To stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task. Synonym: pull finger ==== Translations ==== === References === “get (or pull) one’s finger out”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.