A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

get something off one’s chest • make a clean breast
of something
get something off one’s chest—talk about worrisome thoughts
or feelings to smb. so that it doesn’t bother one anymore: I
finally talked to him and was able to get some of my problems
off my chest.
make a clean breast of something —fully confess to smth. bad
or illegal: He denied the Montreal story, admitted it, denied
it again, and then, weeping, made a clean breast of both
episodes.
get something right • set something right
get something right—
1
. understand smth. clearly, so that there
is no misinterpretation: Correct me if I didn’t get this right.
Did you say that changes to the flight rules are approved? 2.
restore smth. to order, good condition, etc.: I am sorry we
didn’t get this right the first time, and I am afraid we can’t
offer a fix immediately.
set something right—(also: put something right) = get something
right 2: The longer we pretend that everything is OK, the
harder it is to set things right in the long term.
get steamed up • get up steam
get steamed up —(coll.) become excited, angry or very
annoyed: You can buy another copy of the book you’ve lost,
so there’s no need to get steamed up.
Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase steam up—(of a transparent or reflective surface) become
clouded by steam: My glasses steamed up so much that I had
to take them off to find the car.
get up steam —
1
. (coll., also: put on steam) build up strength
or energy; become more active: It was hard for us to get up
enough steam to finish the work in one day. 2. = get steamed
up: It’s no use talking further — we should only get up steam.
get stuck • get stuck in
get stuck —
1
. become entangled in sand, snow, etc., so as to
be unable to get away from a place: When we finally get stuck
in the middle of the Sand Sea you’ll have to carry everything.
2. get involved with smth. so as to be unable to leave: Of all
the days to get stuck out there, he has to pick this one.
get stuck in—(coll.) start doing smth. with enthusiasm and
determination: Mrs. Wagner brought in two plates of food
and told them to get stuck in.