Sentence:  But although some timber for the house was eventually delivered, he never got around to the building stage. ‘I′ll hire some help and we'll <WSD>get stuck into</WSD> it,' he would say, but the only thing he ever <WSD>got stuck into</WSD> was his vodka. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Get busy with; become occupied with; become immersed in.