get to work

idiom

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

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Our time together can be pretty short and snatched, and usually ends with one of us hopping in the car at 6am to get to work on time. Lucy Thorpe, Refinery29, 10 Sep. 2025 While Tranter tinkers and Zuzana monitors the wall of local surveillance footage, Karalis and his team get to work drilling through the wall of the vault. Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025 Smokey Bones’ new leader, Ken Brendemihl, will get to work immediately, Twin Hospitality said in its press release. Saleen Martin, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025 So, with no illusions, the United States and India should get to work. Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 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 17 Sep. 2025.

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