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词汇 get your act together
释义
Idiom
get your act togetherget (your) act together
informal to organize your activities so that you do things in an effective way.
If these people could ever get their act together, they could produce unbeatable wines.You'd better get your act together and start looking for a job.
idiomget your act togetherspoken to do something in a more organized way than before, or to use your abilities more effectively than before:He'll have to get his act together and improve his grades if he wants to play football at school.I'd like to thank everyone for getting their act together and responding so quickly to the problem.

get (one's) act together

1. To take action to become well-organized, prepared, or in a better state of life. You need to get your act together and finish packing so that we can leave for the airport on time tomorrow morning. I had no direction after college and drifted along for several years, until I got my act together in my thirties with a steady job and good relationship.
2. To organize one's thoughts, often with the aim of regaining one's calm. I really need to get my act together before I go into the board meeting.

get your act together

INFORMAL
COMMON If you get your act together, you organize yourself effectively so that you can deal successfully with things. We're going to be 22 points down by Monday, and we've got to get our act together. The State Opposition is beginning to get its act together after a long period of muddling through.

get your act together

organize yourself in the manner required in order to achieve something. informal
2002 New York Times There are still many who think all that the dirty, homeless man on the corner talking to himself needs is just to get his act together.

get your ˈact together

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get something/it toˈgether

(informal) (also get/have your ˈshit together taboo, slang) manage to organize or control something better than you have done before: If Sally got her act together she’d be a great musician.He’s been trying to get his life together.He seems to be getting it together at last.
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