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got busy

got busy is the past participle 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 got busy

What is got busy the past participle of?
Got busy is the past participle of get busy.

Words near got busy in the dictionary

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

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