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Idiom idiom

get busy


To have sex.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

They waited until the house was empty to get busy.

CONTEXTUAL

After the party ended and the guests left, the couple finally had some privacy to get busy.

COMPLEX

The tension between them had been building for weeks before they finally decided to get busy in the quiet of the night.


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Last updated August 10, 2026