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getting busy

getting busy is the present participle and gerund of get busy.

Meaning of get busy

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To cease to be idle and start working.
    • Stop playing computer games, and get busy with your homework.
  2. (idiomatic, slang) To have sex.
    • The couple were getting busy in the front room when the doorbell rang.

Questions about getting busy

What is getting busy the present participle and gerund of?
Getting busy is the present participle and gerund of get busy.

Words near getting busy in the dictionary

  1. getting better
  2. getting between
  3. getting blood from a stone
  4. getting blood from a turnip
  5. getting blood out of a stone
  6. getting busy
  7. getting by
  8. getting by the balls
  9. getting by with
  10. getting changed
  11. getting cold feet

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