get to work

idiom

: to start working
We need to stop delaying and get to work.

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Typically, orders arrive from April, nearby factories then get to work, and by July containers are loaded for shipping around the globe. Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Mar. 2025 Since 77% of private school enrollment is at sectarian schools per National Center for Education Statistics figures, more public funding for ESAs means more public funding for religion, at least until education entrepreneurs get to work. Ryan Craig, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 Consider the city’s expectations for how people will get to work in 2035 in areas within a half-mile of an existing or planned major transit stop: 25% will use public transit and 18% will ride bicycles. U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025 Walkability is a civil rights issue, something that people outside New York, San Francisco and other compact, dense cities deserve—safe streets to get to work, to school, to child care, to the store, whether on foot, wheelchair, whatever. Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for get to work

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“Get to work.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20to%20work. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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