# pull one's finger out

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task.

## Etymology
Clipping of pull one's finger out of one's arse, probably from the notion that one should not sit on one's hands.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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