Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK)Get busy with; become occupied with; become immersed in.

    1998, Gary McKay, In Good Company After pulling our boat up the beach there wasn’t much to do but collapse onto the sand and get stuck into some serious drinking.

    2005, David Else & Oliver Berry, Lonely Planet: England If you really want to get stuck into a bit of archaeology, check out the Archaeological Resource Centre ...

  2. (UK)To start eating.

    Dinner's ready! Quick, get stuck into it!

  3. (Australia)To criticise someone; tell off; to get angry at; to attack.

    Why are you getting stuck into me all of the sudden? I didn't do anything!

Examples

1522 sentences
  1. Tom got back into his car.

    Том повернувся до машини. — deniko

    ruТом вернулся в свою машину. — sharptoothed

    deTom stieg wieder in sein Auto. — wolfgangth

  2. We never got into any trouble.

    Ми ніколи не потрапляли у халепу. — deniko

  3. I never got into any trouble.

    Я ніколи не потрапляв у халепу. — deniko

  4. All of us got into the car.

    Ми всі сіли в машину. — ascolto

    ruМы все сели в машину. — marafon

  5. Tom helped get me into this school.

    Том допоміг мені поступити до цієї школи. — deniko

Forms

gets stuck into, getting stuck into, got stuck into, got stuck into
Base formget stuck into · to get stuck into
3rd person singulargets stuck into
Present participlegetting stuck into
Past simplegot stuck into
Past participlegot stuck into

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyget stuck into
he, she, itgets stuck into

Past simpleLesson

all personsgot stuck into

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave got stuck into
he, she, ithas got stuck into

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill get stuck into

See also

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