get into the act

Example Sentences

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Qatar, which ranks 19th in oil exports and also shares the world’s largest underwater natural-gas field with Iran, wanted to get into the act, too.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2022

They all want to get into the act, so percussionist Jonny Allen’s virtuosic Xenakis percussion solo was danced by Julia Eichten.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2022

And now comes Change.org, and everybody can get into the act: The petition has nearly 200,000 signatures.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2018

Advances in digital manufacturing, such as 3-D printers, laser cutters, gene-editing kits and inexpensive computer circuits such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi, make it easier for amateur inventors to get into the act.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2016

I realize that it is the goodness of your heart that made available the HeLa cell and therefore why you now find that everybody wants to get into the act.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot