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.