get busy

1. Start working, become active, as in Stop dawdling; get busy, or We'd better get busy on this paper. [c. 1900] Also see get a move on; get going; get on the stick.

Example Sentences

In particular, Mr Matthews said, there are times when humans are better placed to take orders, especially when the restaurants get busy.

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“He’s expecting them to get busy on this bill and send it to his desk as soon as possible.”

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"Get busy," trainer Derrick James pleaded with Garcia before the championship rounds.

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That said, life can get busy, and sometimes I need to get dinner on the table quickly.

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"Generally, this is a quiet area but we have plenty of people doing the Otley Run and going to the pub. It can get busy sometimes."

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Related Words

• come through 
• get going