get to work

idiom

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

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And while the end result was once again pretty anti-climactic, there were actually some other notable things happening in episode 5 of Survivor 49, so let’s make like Nate and MC on the sandbags and get to work. Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025 The 34-year-old project manager at an urban design firm splits his time between the two cities each week, usually taking a bus, a train and a plane to get to work. Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025 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 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 30 Oct. 2025.

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