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to take part in an activity that someone else has started, especially in order to get a share of the advantages for yourself (Produce stands sell exotic vegetables to Asian customers, and now even supermarkets are getting in on the act. • Movie theater chains are expanding rapidly, and even small local theaters are getting in on the act. • Now that our exporting business to Eastern Europe has grown so successful, everyone wants to get in on the act.  ldoceonline.com); become or be involved in a particular activity, in order to gain profit or advantage (Scores of schools have celebrated National Book Day in a bid to instill a love of reading in youngsters - with many telling pupils to come to school dressed as a character from their favourite book. And libraries have also been getting in on the act with book quizzes and other activities to help youngsters experience the magic of reading. • He saw that direct banking was the future and he thought it essential that the company was in on the act. • His parents were acrobats in vaudeville, and by the time he was three, Buster was in on the act. • With the game well in hand, a pair of freshmen got in on the act as safety Zurisko and defensive end Figore scored defensive touchdowns in the fourth quarter at Veterans Memorial Field. • Meanwhile, the minister yesterday signed a statement with her Chinese counterpart kick-starting the process whereby qualifications from third-level institutions in either country will become mutually recognised. The third-level institutions also got in on the act, signing the bilateral agreements that are worth an estimated €31.4 million to the Irish economy.. • Cole and opposite number Hughes exchanged penalties before Parsons got in on the act again to give his side a 23-3 half-time lead. • Nevermind that newspapers got in on the act of turning unsubstantiated gossip into an art form, long before TV, radio and the Internet were around. • Even the Prime Minister got in on the act, telling the band that the country had never wanted them to come and hoped they would never come back. • While developers sold bad deals to interstate investors who didn't know Gold Coast values, locals who did know got in on the act. • Britney, Madonna, All Saints and other girlie bands and magazines then got in on the act and a new tradition was born. • Almost all 210 pupils at the primary school, in Blunsdon, brought books to life yesterday by taking part in the fancy dress day, held to celebrate National Children's Book Week. The teachers also got in on the act, with Cruella De Ville, Captain Hook and the Wicked Stepsisters taking lessons for the day. • If it's too high to climb, too far to fly or too treacherous to cross, therein lies a challenge. Mankind has explored and experimented since it first walked the planet and took to the seas. But the pursuit of the next great adventure and the fame that goes with it literally took off in the 20th century. There seemed to be no limit to what man, partnered with machine, could achieve. Women got in on the act as well, becoming standard bearers for their gender and icons to a generation. • There was anger among some union members at the Mayor's last-minute intervention. One member said: "He has not got involved at all with this and just wants to get in on the act for publicity purposes to make it look as though he has helped resolve it. It is the union's decision what to do in this dispute and not his."
lexico.com); to take part in an activity that someone else is doing, in order to gain some of the advantages for yourself (First it was politicians; now a novelist has decided to get in on the act. macmillandictionary.com); to start doing something which someone else was doing first, so that you share their success or win an advantage (The company's reputation has reached the United States, and American investors have been trying to get in on the act.
collinsdictionary.com); to become involved in something (Nasri then got in on the act, rounding off a counter-attack with a drilled finish that deflected off Jason Lowe. wiktionary.org); to become involved in a profitable undertaking or advantageous situation in order to share in the benefits (We started selling them last year, and now other stores are getting into the act. • Other publishers wanted to get in on the act and publish their own line of children's books. collinsdictionary.com); to take advantage of something that someone else started (We designed the Web page, and now everyone else in our class wants to get in on the act.
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