Get in on the ground floor
verb phrase
To be an original participant, esp in something profitable: Sign up today if you want to get in on the ground floor
[1904+ Business & finance; ground floor meaning ”the very basis or beginning” is found by 1864]
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verb phrase (also get jammed up)To encounter trouble; get into hot water: Call me if you get into a jam/ Stay away from those guys. You’re only going to get jammed up (1914+)
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verb phrase To encounter trouble; incite hostility to oneself: which reportedly got van Zuylen into hot water with the designer (1848+) see: hot water
- Get into the act
verb phrase To join in; participate; esp to intrude where one is not wanted [1940s+; popularized by Jimmy Durante’s lament, ”Everybody wants to get into the act”] Also, get in the act. Become involved in some activity or venture, as in Everybody wants to get into the act on this offer, or I’m sure his […]