get into the act


get into the act

To join something that is already in progress. Even the well-behaved students started to get into the act and cheer along with the others.See also: act, get

get into the act

Also, get in the act. Become involved in some activity or venture, as in Everybody wants to get into the act on this offer, or I'm sure his agent plans to get in the act and start negotiations. This expression alludes to inserting oneself into a performance. [Mid-1900s] See also: act, get

get into the act

To insert oneself into an ongoing activity, project, or situation.See also: act, get

get into/in the act, to

To thrust oneself into another’s conversation, performance, undertaking, or the like. The term comes from the theater and is analogous to another theatrical cliché, steal someone’s thunder. The American comedian Jimmy Durante popularized it from the 1930s on with his frequent complaint that “Everybody wants to get into the act” (cited by Eric Partridge in his compendium of catchphrases). It no doubt originated years earlier in vaudeville. See also: get