come and get it

Idioms  

1. Come and eat, the meal is ready, as in She called to the children, “Come and get it!” Originating in the British armed forces, this term passed to other English-speaking armies in the late 1800s and was taken up as a dinner summons by various groups who shared meals in a camp, among them cowboys, lumbermen, and construction workers. It occasionally is used facetiously for other summons, especially for sexual favors. For example, “‘Come and get it,’ she said and going to the bed, she lay down ... and beckoned to him” (James Hadley Chase, You're Dead without Money, 1972).

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Example Sentences

"In Poland and the other countries, the Ukrainians come and get it - so they're the ones who determine how it gets across the border."

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2022

It’s a good one: Subasic has to come and get it.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2018

Still visibly shaken by her experience, Tipunova said: "The body's still here because they told me to wait for experts to come and get it."

From Reuters • Jul. 18, 2014

I don't care what ends you're from, we're personally inviting you to come and get it in.

From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 2011

It finally clawed its way up a tree in front of the library, and the librarian, Miss Graebner, called the fire department to come and get it down.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson