"get busy" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-get busy.ogg [Australia] Forms: gets busy [present, singular, third-person], getting busy [participle, present], got busy [past], got busy [UK, participle, past], gotten busy [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> busy}} 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. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-get_busy-en-verb-7WfrKoD5
  2. (informal) To have sex. Tags: informal Synonyms: get it on, get laid, copulate Synonyms (to have sex): get freaky
    Sense id: en-get_busy-en-verb-z2n28Vuc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of 'to have sex': 0 100

Inflected forms

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