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get to work

get to work verb: to start working; to apply oneself to a task.

Verb

get to work (third-person singular simple present gets to work, present participle getting to work, simple past got to work, past participle gotten to work or got to work)

  1. (idiomatic) To start working; to apply oneself to a task.

Synonyms of get to work

Forms of get to work

third-person singular presentgets to work
present participlegetting to work
pastgot to work
past participlegotten to work
past participlegot to work

Questions about get to work

What does get to work mean?
Get to work means to start working; to apply oneself to a task.
What part of speech is get to work?
Get to work is a verb.
What is the past tense of get to work?
The past tense of get to work is got to work.

Words near get to work in the dictionary

  1. get to know
  2. get to one's feet
  3. get to the bottom of
  4. get to the fireworks factory
  5. get to the point
  6. get to work
  7. get together
  8. get turned around
  9. get under it
  10. get under someone's goat
  11. get under someone's skin

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