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To start working very hard: “She was slow at first, but now she’s really ________.”

This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.

ON THE BALL7
BUCKLED DOWN6
GOING GREAT GUNS6
GOING TO TOWN6
IN THE GROOVE5
HARD AT IT4
GOING AT IT3
CATCHING ON2
COOKING2
COOKING WITH GAS2
PICKING UP SPEED2
POURING IT ON2
A DYNAMO1
GETTING THE HANG OF IT1
GOING PLACES1
GOING TO IT1
GOT IT1
INTO IT1
MO-TRATING1
MOVING1
PICKED UP1
PICKED UP SPEED1
PUT HER NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE1
ROLLING1
SMOKIN’1
UP TO SPEED1

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