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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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