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Answer for the clue "Getting a move on ", 8 letters:
hustling

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Act of one who hustles. vb. (present participle of hustle English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hustle \Hus"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hustled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hustling .] [D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf. Hotchpotch .] To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hustling is the deceptive act of disguising one's skill in a sport or game with the intent of luring someone of probably lesser skill into gambling (or gambling for higher than current stakes) with the hustler, as a form of both a confidence trick and match ...

Usage examples of hustling.

Through sixteen years She has decayed in a back-garden yonder, Dust all the showance time retains of her, Senseless of hustlings in her former house, Lost to all count of crowns and bridalry-- Even of her Austrian blood.