get busy
Example Sentences
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In Mansfield: “The Shawshank Redemption” was filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory, where Tim Robbins’s character tells the inmate played by Morgan Freeman: “Get busy living or get busy dying.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
“He’s expecting them to get busy on this bill and send it to his desk as soon as possible.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
That said, life can get busy, and sometimes I need to get dinner on the table quickly.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2025
Roads into the capital are starting to get busy and a main road in Cardiff Bay is to shut so protesters can park ahead of the Senedd demonstration.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024
I hated to do this—interrupt Mr. Ali’s Sunnshyne roast—but I had wrapped up my homework half an hour ago and I was ready to get busy.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
