get to work

idiom

: to start working
We need to stop delaying and get to work.

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The 2024 Liberty Flames were fresh off of thier first season in Conference USA, and head coach Ritchie McKay was quick to get to work. Tony East, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025 These workers needed to get to work: the city’s first bicycle lanes were made by riders themselves by annexing strips of the horse tracks that were adjacent to the cobblestone roads. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 1 July 2025 Once on location, the bots were beamed with light delivered by an optical fiber, which triggered them to get to work. New Atlas, 30 June 2025 Simply part your hair and glide it along your scalp to let the treatment’s blend of growth-boosting peptides, circulation-enhancing caffeine, and phytoestrogens like genistein get to work. Emily Orofino, Vogue, 29 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for get to work

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“Get to work.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20to%20work. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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