get stuck into

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Meaning · English

start doing something with energy and enthusiasm

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

bắt đầu làm điều gì với năng lượng và sự nhiệt tình

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: physically stick into something
Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

But Walsh got stuck into the project with typical determination.
After we returned home it was time to order seeds for the coming year and get stuck into renovations of Melin Cottage.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “get stuck into” mean?

start doing something with energy and enthusiasm Literally: physically stick into something

Is “get stuck into” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.