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/Sounds like "poh" (as in "port") + "NEHR" (as in "net") + "seh" (as in "set") + "LAHS" (as in "lava") + "PEE" (as in "pea") + "lahs" (as in "lava")/

Meaning

To get your act together, step it up, and start putting in real effort. When someone tells you this, it's because you've been slacking too hard and need to wake up before it's too late.

Examples

Get your act together, the exam is tomorrow.

I buckled down and finished all the work in one sitting.

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Regional synonyms

In Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, neighborhood gossip and idle chatter that travels mouth to mouth, always arriving exaggerated to the last person who hears it.