get a wriggle on
To hurry up.
Informed our hostess a thousand times we had to leave early, and do you think she'd get a wriggle on with the tea ?
wriggle
UK /ˈɹɪɡəl/ US /ˈɹɪɡəl/
verb 3noun 1
Definitions
verb
1
To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats.
Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats, as long as the cushion lasted.
2
To cause something to wriggle.
He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass.
3
To use crooked or devious means.
noun
1
A wriggling movement.
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