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get stuck in

get stuck in verb: to dedicate a large amount of effort towards.

Verb

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

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To dedicate a large amount of effort towards.
    • He's really getting stuck in to his new job as chief executive. He's sacked half the boardroom staff already.

get stuck in meaning in Tamil

get stuck in in Tamil

to get stuck in, become entangled, complicated
சிக்கு cikku
to get stuck in
மாட்டு māṭṭu

Forms of get stuck in

third-person singular presentgets stuck in
present participlegetting stuck in
pastgot stuck in
past participle UKgot stuck in
past participle USgotten stuck in

Questions about get stuck in

What does get stuck in mean?
Get stuck in means to dedicate a large amount of effort towards.
What is get stuck in in Tamil?
Get stuck in in Tamil is சிக்கு (cikku), மாட்டு (māṭṭu). See Get stuck in meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is get stuck in?
Get stuck in is a verb.
What is the past tense of get stuck in?
The past tense of get stuck in is got stuck in.

Words near get stuck in in the dictionary

  1. get someone's shirt out
  2. get something over with
  3. get something twisted
  4. get started
  5. get straight
  6. get stuck in
  7. get stuck into
  8. get stuffed
  9. get sturdy
  10. get taken in
  11. get the ball rolling

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: get stuck in (page history and authors); சிக்கு (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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