throw oneself into
verb1
To engage heartily in; to get fully involved in.
- By June, Nathaniel was asked by the administration to coordinate prisoners' response to AIDS, a task he initially did not welcome. Nevertheless, he threw himself into it, and began by asking BWMT/Boston for educational brochures.1988 February 14, Richard Tremblay, “A Boat With A Sail”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 30, page 5:
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- get down to business