get to work

idiom

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

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After Paul is involved in a drunken boat crash that kills one of his friends (Madeline Popovich’s Mallory), Alex and Randolph get to work on the cover-up with a confidence that suggests this isn’t their first rodeo. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025 Nice to see Douglas get to work in space, again. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025 That’s the only answer, get to work. Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 Biadasz came to the Commanders last year after spending his first four years with the Dallas Cowboys, so the veteran center and rookie quarterback had to get to work quickly in order to gel with each other. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 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 22 Oct. 2025.

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