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get into the act

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  1. Also, get in the act. Become involved in some activity or venture, as in Everybody wants to get into the act on this offer, or I'm sure his agent plans to get in the act and start negotiations. This expression alludes to inserting oneself into a performance. [Mid-1900s]


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Qatar, which ranks 19th in oil exports and also shares the world’s largest underwater natural-gas field with Iran, wanted to get into the act, too.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2022

Popular culture would soon get into the act, influencing and reflecting how Americans felt about Italian-American dishes.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2019

Advances in digital manufacturing, such as 3-D printers, laser cutters, gene-editing kits and inexpensive computer circuits such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi, make it easier for amateur inventors to get into the act.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2016

Valencia couldn’t help but get into the act during the win.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2016

I realize that it is the goodness of your heart that made available the HeLa cell and therefore why you now find that everybody wants to get into the act.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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