# Vocab gurus… help! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 12, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741 "2003-11-12T02:08:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/1 "2003-11-12T02:08:31Z")
An expression has been on the tip of my tongue for two days, and I’m going crazy trying to remember it. It means to move like you’ve got some place to go and you’ve got no time for bullshit. “Move like you’ve got a purpose” is close but not it. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/2 "2003-11-12T02:11:19Z")
Purposefully? _With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound He pulls the spitting high tension wires down_ ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/3 "2003-11-12T02:46:07Z")
\*Helpless people on subway trains Scream ‘my god’ as he looks in on them He picks up a bus and he throws it back down As he wades through the buildings toward the centre of town Godzilla!\* On a mission? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/4 "2003-11-12T05:12:11Z")
I’m nearly asleep, and all I can come up with is, “Shop like you mean it.” Sorry. Catch you later. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/5 "2003-11-12T05:34:55Z")
resolutely determinedly with focus with resolve just some suggestions ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/6 "2003-11-12T05:55:07Z")
Move like you got a fire in your pants…??? ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/7 "2003-11-12T06:27:28Z")
Hustle? If this isn’t it, feel free to do the dance anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/8 "2003-11-12T06:30:44Z")
Bustle? ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/9 "2003-11-12T06:54:55Z")
“get to steppin’” ? “get on your good foot”? ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/10 "2003-11-12T07:08:18Z")
make haste ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/11 "2003-11-12T07:20:52Z")
if not “make haste” then how about “move with deliberation” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/12 "2003-11-12T13:25:48Z")
“He moved through the crowd like a snowplow, and those who got in his way were swept aside.” “She was kicking ass and taking names.” “He was hot on the scent, and ignored all else.” “Yeow, who was that freight train that just swept through here?” ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/13 "2003-11-12T18:38:04Z")
“His chase had a beast in view.” ---
**Author:** ![dav01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@dav01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dav01)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/14 "2003-11-12T18:40:19Z")
“Don’t just stand there with teeth in your mouth- chop chop!” ---
**Author:** ![I\_Know\_Nothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f04885/32.png) [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/15 "2003-11-12T19:05:06Z")
You’ve got ants in your pants and they’re making you dance ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/16 "2003-11-12T19:07:44Z")
Get the Fuck out of my way or risk getting run over. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/17 "2003-11-12T22:26:25Z")
What ya need is a reverse dictionary. They do make such a thing cause I read one once. Here ya are, your pal, handy, now amphisbaena ! [http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml](http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml) OneLook’s new reverse dictionary feature finds words. Fast and free! ---
**Author:** ![boofy\_bloke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@boofy\_bloke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boofy_bloke)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/18 "2003-11-14T02:03:25Z")
Get the lead out. Move your arse. Move it or lose it. Move like a thing that moves very quickly. ---
**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/19 "2003-11-14T07:01:08Z")
Get a move on. Also: Get a wiggle on. Get going. Get off the ground. Step out. Get to stepping. And, Got places to go, things to do. ---
**Author:** ![melmoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@melmoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melmoth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocab-gurus-help/212741/20 "2003-11-14T08:21:06Z")
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