The verb mettersi can also be used for activities: mettersi a mangiare (start/begin to eat), mettersi a dormire (go to sleep), mettersi a gridare (start/begin to shout), mettersi a piangere (start/begin to cry).
| IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS USING METTERSI | |
| mettercela tutto | to do one's best |
| mettersi a confronto | to compare |
| mettersi a sedere | to seat oneself |
| mettersi al brutto | to turn nasty |
| mettersi giù | to put (or lay) down |
| mettersi innanzi | to produce |
| mettersi insieme | to put together |
| mettersi sotto | to put underneath |
| mettersi su casa | to set up house |
| mettersi via | to put away |
