A US informal idiom meaning to stop being idle and start doing something useful.
A US informal idiom meaning to stop being idle and start doing something useful. Blunt and direct, it functions as a command or encouragement to take action rather than procrastinate. The phrase is used in frustration or motivation, with ass serving as an intensifier of the idleness implied.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(US, idiomatic) To exert effective effort; to get going; to get moving; to start producing.
(slang, AAVE) To stop harassing, insulting, obsessing over or spreading gossip about (someone).
(slang, vulgar, North America) To work very hard, to put in a great amount of effort.
(slang) To shirk; to be lazy.
(US, informal) To stop lazing around.
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