Meaning of get busy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To cease to be idle and start working.
   informal
2. To have sex.
   idiomatic, slang

Examples

“Stop⟳ playing computer games, and get⟳ busy with your homework.”

“The couple were getting busy in the front room when the doorbell rang.”

“Homer and Marge have⟳ to try⟳ to explain⟳ things to children who are too worldly to fall⟳ for most excuses, the explanation trails off, and what could be a pleasant family outing to solve⟳ it all turns out to be yet another excuse⟳ for self-involvement when one public humiliation doesn’t outweigh the joys of getting busy in a windmill.”

“Alyx Vance: Did Dr. Kleiner just say⟳ to everyone that they should get⟳ busy?”

“Thurl: Are you busy? Alexia: Really? The days pass⟳ like⟳ decades in here, Thurl. We won't be busy until that worldship decides to talk⟳ back to us. Thurl: And yet, you have⟳ been… Alexia: Thurl. If you say⟳ "getting busy" I will punch you so hard you'll have⟳ to spawn child processes just to feel⟳ all the pain.”

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