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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Are the golden bachelor and bachelorettes about to get busy with the young’ins in paradise? Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 July 2025 Both the Trump administration and the Congress need to get busy fighting global hunger. William Lambers, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025 But hurricane forecasters are warning things could get busy come August. Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 29 July 2025 With the July 31 trade deadline fast approaching, teams are starting to get busy, and according to Andy McCullough of The Athletic, the Mariners would be an ideal landing spot for Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suárez. Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 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 23 Aug. 2025.

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