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get_busy

get busy

English

Verb

get busy (third-person singular simple present gets busy, present participle getting busy, simple past got busy, past participle (UK) got busy or (US) gotten busy)

  1. (idiomatic) Start working, usually in opposition to idleness.
    Stop playing computer games, and get busy with your homework.
  2. (idiomatic) Have sex
    The couple was getting busy in the front room when the doorbell rang.
    • 2007, Half Life 2 Episode Two, (video game):
      Alyx Vance: Did Dr. Kleiner just say to everyone that they should get busy?