Expressions meaning to move yourself or get yourself in motion: “I was so stiff I could hardly ________.”
MOVE | 562 |
GET GOING | 129 |
NAVIGATE | 109 |
BUDGE | 99 |
MOVE A MUSCLE | 78 |
WIGGLE | 62 |
GET UP | 44 |
WALK | 25 |
GET AROUND | 18 |
GO | 18 |
GET STARTED | 13 |
STIR | 10 |
CRAWL | 9 |
MAKE IT | 9 |
BEND | 8 |
NR | 7 |
GET ABOUT | 6 |
GET IN GEAR | 6 |
GET UNDER WAY | 6 |
DRAG | 4 |
GET MOVING | 4 |
GIT UP | 4 |
MANIPULATE | 4 |
AMBULATE | 3 |
CREEP | 3 |
GET A-GOING | 3 |
GET MY ASS IN GEAR | 3 |
MOVE ABOUT | 3 |
MOVE AN INCH | 3 |
AMBLE | 2 |
DRAG AROUND | 2 |
DRAG MYSELF AROUND | 2 |
GET DOWN | 2 |
GET IN ACTION | 2 |
MANEUVER | 2 |
MOVE A LEG | 2 |
PERAMBULATE | 2 |
PERCULATE | 2 |
RISE | 2 |
STAND | 2 |
STIR MY STUMPS | 2 |
TRAVEL | 2 |
WADDLE | 2 |
BREATHE | 1 |
COULDN’T HARDLY BUDGE | 1 |
COULDN’T HARDLY GIT UP | 1 |
EAT MY SUPPER FROM THE FIREPLACE | 1 |
FUNCTION | 1 |
GET | 1 |
GET A MOVE ON | 1 |
GET ALONG | 1 |
GET INTO MOTION | 1 |
GET MY MOTOR GOING | 1 |
GET MYSELF UP | 1 |
GET OUT OF BED | 1 |
GET UP AND GO | 1 |
GET UP OR GET DOWN | 1 |
GIT A MOVE ON | 1 |
GIT GOING | 1 |
GOT AROUND | 1 |
GRUNT | 1 |
HAD KNEES LIKE RUSTY HINGES | 1 |
HARDLY WALK | 1 |
LIMBER UP | 1 |
MAKE A STEP | 1 |
MATRICULATE | 1 |
MEANDER | 1 |
MOTATE | 1 |
MOTIVATE | 1 |
MOVE A JOINT | 1 |
MOVE MY BODY | 1 |
MOVE MY LEGS | 1 |
MOVE MYSELF AROUND | 1 |
PERCOLATE | 1 |
PERK | 1 |
PICK MYSELF UP | 1 |
PREAMBULATE | 1 |
REACT | 1 |
RUSTLE YOUR BUSTLE | 1 |
SCRAMBLE AROUND | 1 |
SHAKE A MUSCLE | 1 |
SIT DOWN | 1 |
STAND UP | 1 |
START | 1 |
STIFF AS A FENCE RAIL | 1 |
STIFF ENOUGH TO CUT UP INTO DIPPER HANDLES | 1 |
STIFFER THAN DAD’S | 1 |
STRAIGHTEN HIS BACK | 1 |
TOTTER | 1 |
TRYING TO MAKE IT | 1 |
UNHINGE MY JOINTS | 1 |
UNSCRAMBLE MYSELF | 1 |
UNTRACK | 1 |
WAS ABOUT PAST GOING | 1 |
WIGGLE A TOE | 1 |
WIGGLE AN EAR | 1 |
WOBBLE | 1 |
WOBBLE ALONG | 1 |
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