get busy
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You can stream in HD, make video calls and download large files without worry — though free servers do get busy during peak hours.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
In Mansfield: “The Shawshank Redemption” was filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory, where Tim Robbins’s character tells the inmate played by Morgan Freeman: “Get busy living or get busy dying.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Whoever’s charge with doing that work will have to get busy.
From BBC ● May 25, 2024
“I’m not opposed to student-athletes participating in the sharing of ultimately what they’re helping to generate. … Change is hard, but … I’d rather get busy changing than slowly dying a death by 1,000 cuts.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
Of course, that means I have to write a poem, so I better get busy.
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
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