roll up one's sleeves

Language: en

Meaning: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeroll,‎up,‎one's,‎sleeves.; (idiomatic)To prepare towork.2011October 1, Phil Dawkes quotingSteve Bruce, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, inBBC Sport‎[1]:"We could quite easily have folded today but thankfully theyrolled up their sleevesand got back into it. We could even have won it. We had a couple of great opportunities but we just ran out of juice."2025April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, inThe Guardian‎[2]:TNo more pomp and ceremony, the new pope seemed to be saying, butsleeves rolled upand joining the fight for social and economic justice.

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