to get one's act together
çekim: geçmiş kriegte die Kurve · ortaç die Kurve gekriegt · şimdiki kriegt die Kurve · ulaç die Kurve kriegend
köken: Literally, “to get the curve”.
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to snuff a candle (to remove any excedent portion of a candle's wick that is charred) · to brighten up, to enliven, to make smart or smarter · to wake up
çekim: geçmiş espabilé · ortaç espabilado · şimdiki espabila
eş: despabilar, despavesar, avispar, avivar, espolear, estimular
köken: From pabilo (“candlewick”).
to get busy, to get moving · to be hardworking
çekim: geçmiş dàtosi da fare · ortaç dàtosi da fare
eş: adoperarsi
köken: Literally, “to give oneself [something] to do”.
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get one's act together
köken: ta (“take”) + sig (“oneself”) + i (“in”) + kragen (“the collar”).
to get ahold of oneself, to get one's act together, to get a grip, to get it together, to suck it up, to pull oneself together
köken: Literally, “to get oneself in [a] grip”.
to get started, get one's act together, get a move on
get one's act together, pull oneself together, man up (unisexually, though)
köken: tage (“take”) + sig (“oneself”) + sammen (“together”). Cognate with Swedish ta sig samman