get busy

idiom

: to start doing work
We need to finish by 5 o'clock, so we'd better get busy.

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Try these mess-free recipes out and get busy with that air fryer. Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025 Kids get hungry and parents get busy. Michiko Tomioka, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025 Remixers, get busy on this one. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025 Well, if that's the case, then the Warriors will have to get busy, because outside of their core guys, their current roster is pretty bare. Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for get busy

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“Get busy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20busy. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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