get stuck in
also get stuck into sth UK informalto start doing something enthusiastically:
We showed them where the crates had to be moved to, and they got stuck in straightaway.
You really got stuck into your food (= ate your food quickly) - you must have been hungry.
Mum brought in the sandwiches and told us to get stuck in.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush of idiom
- become
- begin
- branch out
- break into sth
- export
- go ahead
- ground
- initiator
- instate
- introduce
- kick
- kick in
- kick-start
- strike
- touch sth off
- train
- trigger
- wade in
- weave
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