It means "find paid employment".
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CharmYouSo it'sPerhaps. I don't get out on the city streets much these days, but I wouldn't trust the Urban Dictionary, either. Suffice it to say that it is not established slang like "Get a life." Besides, you did not give any context. It might have been in something like, "My mother said I should getaslang that even native speakers don't know.