get off the ground
idiomBand 8informal
UKɡet ɒf ðə ˈɡraʊnd
USɡɛt ɔːf ðə ɡraʊnd
To start successfully or begin to operate.
The project never really got off the ground.
It took years for the start-up to get off the ground.
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A project that gets off the ground has successfully begun, like a plane starting its flight.
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Similar and opposite
- Similar
- take offget startedlaunch
- Opposite
- stallfail
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