"get into it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gets into it [present, singular, third-person], getting into it [participle, present], got into it [past], got into it [UK, participle, past], gotten into it [US, participle, past]
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  1. (slang, US) To fight or argue about something, especially a long-simmering issue. Tags: US, slang
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