get on the stick

Start working, as in I have to get on the stick and start preparing dinner. This synonym for get going or get busy alludes to getting a car going by manipulating the gearshift, or stick. [Slang; early 1900s]

Words nearby get on the stick

get off the hook, get on, get on someone's good side, get on someone's nerves, get on the bandwagon, get on the stick, get on with it, get one down, get one's, get one's act together, get one's bearings