get started

English

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Verb

get started (third-person singular simple present gets started, present participle getting started, simple past got started, past participle (UK) got started or (US) gotten started)

  1. (intransitive) to begin an activity
    Come on guys, settle down, it's time to get started
  2. (transitive) to begin (an activity or event)
    Get the car started and then we can set off.
  3. (transitive, idiomatic) to cause (someone) to start talking about something in length
    • 2015, A. J. Marcus, Grizzly Discovery:
      He is also an avid photographer and falconer. Don't get him started talking about his birds because he won't stop for a while.

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