"get into the act" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets into the act",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting into the act",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got into the act",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got into the act",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten into the act",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> into the act"
      },
      "expansion": "get into the act (third-person singular simple present gets into the act, present participle getting into the act, simple past got into the act, past participle (UK) got into the act or (US) gotten into the act)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English light verb constructions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English predicates",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1945, Yank: The Army Weekly",
          "text": "The scramble for this business is already on; everybody wants to get into the act. More than 370 American concerns have applied for franchises to give service over foreign and domestic airways.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To participate in an activity, especially a successful or attractive one."
      ],
      "id": "en-get_into_the_act-en-verb-iL9jrtwc",
      "links": [
        [
          "participate",
          "participate"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "successful",
          "successful"
        ],
        [
          "attractive",
          "attractive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic) To participate in an activity, especially a successful or attractive one."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "get in on the act"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get into the act"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets into the act",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting into the act",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got into the act",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got into the act",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten into the act",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> into the act"
      },
      "expansion": "get into the act (third-person singular simple present gets into the act, present participle getting into the act, simple past got into the act, past participle (UK) got into the act or (US) gotten into the act)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English idioms",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English light verb constructions",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English predicates",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1945, Yank: The Army Weekly",
          "text": "The scramble for this business is already on; everybody wants to get into the act. More than 370 American concerns have applied for franchises to give service over foreign and domestic airways.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To participate in an activity, especially a successful or attractive one."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "participate",
          "participate"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "successful",
          "successful"
        ],
        [
          "attractive",
          "attractive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic) To participate in an activity, especially a successful or attractive one."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "get in on the act"
    }
  ],
  "word": "get into the act"
}