ALL meanings of put one's skates on
skate
P p - noun put one's skates on ice skate (def 1). 1
- noun put one's skates on roller skate. 1
- noun put one's skates on the blade of an ice skate. 1
- noun put one's skates on a skid on a lifeboat to facilitate launching from a listing ship. 1
- verb without object put one's skates on to glide or propel oneself over ice, the ground, etc., on skates. 1
- verb without object put one's skates on to glide or slide smoothly along. 1
- verb without object put one's skates on Slang. to shirk one's duty; loaf. 1
- verb without object put one's skates on (of the tone arm on a record player) to swing toward the spindle while a record is playing. 1
- verb with object put one's skates on to slide (a flat) across the floor of a stage. 1
- idioms put one's skates on get / put one's skates on, British Informal. to make haste. 1
- idioms put one's skates on skate on thin ice, to be or place oneself in a risky or delicate situation: Taking a public stand on the question would be skating on thin ice. 1