roll up one's sleeves
Prepare to work, as in When he saw how much snow had fallen he simply rolled up his sleeves and went to find the shovel. This expression, alluding to turning one's sleeves upward to avoid getting them wet or dirty, is used both literally and more loosely, as in the example here.
Words nearby roll up one's sleeves
roll out,
roll over,
roll the bones,
roll top,
roll up,
roll up one's sleeves,
roll with the punches,
roll-around,
roll-off,
roll-on,
roll-on/roll-off