gee up

gee up
move on!, go faster!

Gee up, Dobbin, Gee ho, Dobbin, Gee up, Dobbin, Gee up, and gee ho - o - o!

2. verb
a) to encourage

"US fund manager Eric Knight has a fearful reputation as a shareholder activist, geeing up underperforming managements at Royal Dutch Shell and Suez." - HSBC: activist pounces, The Week, 15 September 2007, 631, 43.

b) to excite in order to try to achieve a desired result
See Also: giddyup, geed up

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