get in on the act

English

Verb

get in on the act (third-person singular simple present gets in on the act, present participle getting in on the act, simple past got in on the act, past participle (UK) got in on the act or (US) gotten in on the act)

1. (informal) To become involved in something.
   • 2011 October 1, David Ornstein, “Blackburn 0 - 4 Man City”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Nasri then got in on the act, rounding off a counter-attack with a drilled finish that deflected off Jason Lowe.

Synonyms

• get into the act

See also

• be in on the act
• want in on the act
• horn in on the act

Further reading

• “get in on the act” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “get in on the act”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “get in on the act”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.