idiom (phrasal) · informal
get one's act together
UK/ɡet wʌnz ækt təˈɡeðə(r)/US/ɡet wʌnz ækt təˈɡeðər/get one's ACT to·geth·ER
to become organized and behave in a more effective way
Examples
“If he wants a promotion, he really needs to get his act together.”
“You should get your act together and finish the report on time.”
“They got their act together and completed the project before the deadline.”
Band 8 sentence
“He realised he had to get his act together if he wanted to finish the thesis on time.”
Collocations
- get your/one's act together
- need to get someone's act together
Word family
Common mistakes
I will make my act together.→I need to get my act together.
She put her act together yesterday.→She got her act together yesterday.
Say it for a higher band
5be organised→6get organised→7+get one's act together
Synonyms
pull yourself together
get organised
Easily confused
pull yourself together
“After crying, she pulled herself together and continued working.”
get organised
“If you want to meet the deadline, you should get organised.”
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