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get off the ground
verb
get started or set in motion, used figuratively (Freq. 2)
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the project took a long time to get off the ground

Syn: ↑take off
Hypernyms: ↑start, ↑go, ↑get going
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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get off the ground (or get something off the ground)
start or cause to start happening or functioning successfully

he doesn't appreciate the steps he must take to get the negotiations off the ground

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get off the ground
1 : to begin to operate or proceed in a successful way

The project never really got off the ground.

2 get (something) off the ground : to cause (something) to begin to operate or proceed in successful way

We're still trying to get this project off the ground.

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Main Entry:ground

Useful english dictionary. 2012.