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get into the act

get into the act verb: to participate in an activity, especially a successful or attractive one.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To participate in an activity, especially a successful or attractive one.
    • The scramble for this business is already on; everybody wants to get into the act. More than 370 American concerns have applied for franchises to give service over foreign and domestic airways.1945, Yank: The Army Weekly

Synonyms of get into the act

Forms of get into the act

third-person singular presentgets into the act
present participlegetting into the act
pastgot into the act
past participle UKgot into the act
past participle USgotten into the act

Questions about get into the act

What does get into the act mean?
Get into the act means to participate in an activity, especially a successful or attractive one.
What part of speech is get into the act?
Get into the act is a verb.
What is the past tense of get into the act?
The past tense of get into the act is got into the act.

Words near get into the act in the dictionary

  1. get into it
  2. get into one's stride
  3. get into shape
  4. get into someone's head
  5. get into someone's pants
  6. get into the act
  7. get into the wrong hands
  8. get into trouble
  9. get it
  10. get it how one gets it
  11. get it how one lives

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