What does my friend mean...?!

Question: My friend said the they were "Cutting the rug up" on Dancing With the Stars last night. What does he mean? Sounds like a home inprovement show, but I thought it was a dancing competition?

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Answers: My friend said the they were "Cutting the rug up" on Dancing With the Stars last night. What does he mean? Sounds like a home inprovement show, but I thought it was a dancing competition?

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There is an old expression "cutting the rug" that means dancing. I haven't heard that expression in about 30 years!!

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really intense dancing... yea... ?

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they were dancing very well
their dance steps were quick and precise

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It means that they were dancing really well, and hard.

It's an old term :)

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