get off the ground
/ˌɡet ɒf ðə ˈɡraʊnd/NEUTRAL · B2
Meaning
to start successfully
Examples
- 1Our plan for a community garden finally got off the ground this spring.
- 2Without more volunteers, the reading club will never get off the ground.
- 3The film project took years to get off the ground, but shooting finally began in May.
- 4Did your cycling club ever get off the ground, or did everyone lose interest?
- 5Thanks to a small grant, the youth theatre got off the ground in record time.
Grammar
get is irregular: got, getting. The subject is usually a plan, a project or a business; you can also get something off the ground.
Similar in meaning
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All 20 idioms and the topic quiz →bear fruitto produce good results after a lot of efforta feather in your capan achievement you can be proud ofrest on your laurelsto stop trying because of past successhit the jackpotto have a big success, usually through luckthe sky's the limitthere is no end to what you can achieveon a rollhaving one success after another
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