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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Things can also get busy over the weekends, especially on Friday and Saturday nights. Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024 The 15 Friendliest Cities In The South Hattiesburg, Mississippi Mississippi’s fifth-largest city, Hattiesburg is brimming with things for the entire family to get busy with this summer. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 July 2024 Weekends in the neighborhood especially get busy, and M Street had before toyed with weekend sidewalk extensions to accommodate the crowds. Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 25 July 2024 Hattiesburg, Mississippi Mississippi’s fifth-largest city, Hattiesburg is brimming with things for the entire family to get busy with this summer. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 July 2024 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 2 Dec. 2024.

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