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get going
verb
1. begin or set in motion (Freq. 2)
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I start at eight in the morning

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Ready, set, go!

• Syn: ↑start, ↑go
• Ant: ↑stop (for: ↑start)
• Hyponyms: ↑go on, ↑come up, ↑come on, ↑get off the ground, ↑take off
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

2. start to be active
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Get cracking, please!

• Syn: ↑get cracking, ↑bestir oneself, ↑get moving, ↑get weaving, ↑get started, ↑get rolling
• Hypernyms:
↑get down, ↑begin, ↑get, ↑start out, ↑start, ↑set about, ↑set out, ↑commence
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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get going
1 : to leave

We ought to get going if we don't want to be late.

2 : to start doing something

You should get going on that assignment.

3 a : to start talking

Once he gets going about the war you can't shut him up.

3 b : to cause (someone) to start talking

Don't get him going about the war or you'll never shut him up!

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Main Entry: ↑get

Useful english dictionary. 2012.