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
• 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.