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Get off the ground   /gɛt ɔf ðə graʊnd/   Listen
Get off the ground

verb
1.
Get started or set in motion, used figuratively.  Synonym: take off.






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"Get off the ground" Quotes from Famous Books



... portion of the human race. How is it possible that none of them should suspect the futility of their procedure? Or can it really be that I am uncomprehending? That in some way they are actually getting off the ground, or about to get off the ground? ...
— The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition • Upton Sinclair

... held opposite views. "You think so, sir? I've gotta different idea. I wanted to be a pilot, like you, sir, and here I am toolin' this old bus around France with never a chance to get off the ground unless I run off an embankment. And this ...
— Aces Up • Covington Clarke



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