get to work

idiom

: to start working
We need to stop delaying and get to work.

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In spring and early summer, when thistles are young, grab a thick pair of gardening gloves and get to work. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2025 Ava is bored out of her mind and desperate to get to work. Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 30 May 2025 Like the poet needs the car to make her metaphors work, the worker needs the car to get to work and back. Rosie Stockton may 29, Literary Hub, 29 May 2025 Buoyed by solving a seemingly impossible case, the plucky department is ready to get to work on what’s next. Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for get to work

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“Get to work.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20to%20work. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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