“roll up your sleeves”
To "roll up your sleeves" means to prepare yourself for hard work or a challenging task, showing a willingness to get involved and exert effort. The phrase originates from the literal act of rolling up one's sleeves before doing manual labor. Listen to how native speakers pronounce "roll up your sleeves" in the video clips below.
Hear how "roll up your sleeves" sounds in real speech — 1,000 examples from 10 videos, movies, and TV shows. Sources: This Is Us, Arrival, Sex Education, Suit, Lex Fridman and 4 more.
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YouTubeLex Fridman5.7M views · 2023-01-21
Dennis Whyte: Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy | Lex Fridman Podcast #353
“roll up your sleeves and let's get going”
don't give up about this okay but also … at solving and getting real solutions to
Play at 3:00:20
YouTubeLex Fridman772K views · 2025-04-16
Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking | Lex Fridman Podcast #465
“roll up your sleeves and creatively”
front of your face. Then that's when you … figure out a way around it. You turn
Play at 11:02
TV ShowThis Is Us
This Is Us — S06E13
“roll up your sleeves
so we aren't tempted to think”
- Oh! Et tu, Rebecca?
- MIGUEL: Ooh. - Honey, … - that you're hiding something.
- Hey, just...
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YouTubeDemocracy Now!337K views · 2025-12-29
Top U.S. & World Headlines — December 29, 2025
“roll up your sleeves, and walk away. But”
can go out and take off your clothes, … now there's no way. The covers and
Play at 4:10
YouTubeGordon Ramsay170K views · 2023-10-08
Will 24 Hours Be Enough To Save These Restaurants? | 24 Hours To Hell & Back
“roll up your sleeves and commit and get”
nobody's going anywhere so you need to … this place out of the abyss and back on
Play at 8:29
MovieArrival
Arrival
“And roll up your sleeves.”
Would you sign these, please? … Either of you claustrophobic?
Play at 20:56
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TV ShowSex Education
Sex Education — S01E05
“Just roll up your sleeves, you fool.”
They're not. … This one.
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TV ShowSuit
Suit — S08E11
“to roll up your sleeves
in my absence.”
Speaking of being managed,
it's nice to see that I can count on you … You think I'm watching this
thing for my own amusement?
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YouTubeIMPAULSIVE9.2M views · 2022-07-05
The Sidemen Reveal KSI’s Problem, Jake Paul Diss Track, UK vs. American Women - IMPAULSIVE EP. 333
“up for it yeah roll up your sleeves get”
talk ill about your country you go stand … to work if there's a problem that you
Play at 1:52:19
YouTubeThe Diary Of A CEO1.3M views · 2025-02-27
We Are Making Dangerous, Lonely & Broken Men! - Manipulation Expert, Robert Greene! 48 Laws Of Power
“to sacrifice to roll up your sleeves and”
morally pure you're not really willing … come up with practical Solutions you
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