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Hurry, during hokey-pokey perhaps (5,1,3)

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I believe the answer is:

shake a leg

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'hurry' is the definition.
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'during hokey-pokey perhaps' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'perhaps' could be 'eg' (for example) and 'eg' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for shake a leg that I've seen before include "Get up - be productive" , "Hurry up" , "Get a move on" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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