Usually means: Engage actively in a task.
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  1. get busy: Merriam-Webster
  2. get busy: Wiktionary
  3. Get Busy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. get busy: Idioms

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  2. get busy: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (get busy)

▸ verb:  (informal) To cease to be idle and start working.
▸ verb:  (informal) To have sex.

Similar:
get cracking, look alive, get moving, busy around, get a move on, apply, shake a leg, go about, pick up the pace, occupy oneself, more...

Opposite:
procrastinate, idle, relax, rest, unwind

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Similar:
get cracking, look alive, get moving, busy around, get a move on, apply, shake a leg, go about, pick up the pace, occupy oneself, more...

Opposite:
procrastinate, idle, relax, rest, unwind



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