get in(to) the act

get in(to) the act
get in(to) the act
Fig. to participate in something; to try to be part of whatever is going on. (As if someone were trying to get on stage and participate in a performance.) •

Everybody wants to get into the act! There is not room here for everyone.

I want to get in the act.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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