Definition of Get off the ground

1. Verb. Get started or set in motion, used figuratively. "The project took a long time to get off the ground"

Exact synonyms: Take Off
Generic synonyms: Get Going, Go, Start

Definition of Get off the ground

1. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) To succeed or begin to succeed. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To make (something) succeed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Get Off The Ground

get knotted
get life
get lost
get married
get moving
get off lightly
get off of one's cloud
get off on
get off on the wrong foot
get off one's chest
get off one's high horse
get off someone's back
get off the ground (current term)
get off with
get on
get on like a house on fire
get on somebody's case
get on someone's last nerve
get on someone's nerves
get on someone's wick
get on the end of
get on up
get on with
get one's act together
get one's affairs in order

Literary usage of Get off the ground

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1890)
"The place where he attempted to alight was a better place to get off than that where persons usually get off. The ground was smoother. ..."

2. Textbook of Naval Aeronautics by Henry Woodhouse (1917)
"He should be taught how to get off the ground, by running along the ground until full speed is attained before elevating. This point is important for two ..."

3. General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney (1997)
"The fighter group at Port Moresby sat around waiting for the Japs to come over and tried to get off the ground in time to intercept them, which they seldom ..."

4. Wild Animals I Have Known: And 200 Drawings by Ernest Thompson Seton (1912)
"So if he could get off the ground, and be left in peace for half an hour to cool off, and for the trail to stale, he knew he would be safe. ..."

5. The British Drama: Comprehending the Best Plays in the English Language (1804)
"get off the ground, you villain ! get off the ground ! Dick. 'Tis a pity there are no scene-drawers to lift me Win. A scoundrel, to rob your father ! you ..."

6. A Collection of Farces and Other Afterpieces: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald (1809)
"get off the ground, you villain; get off" the ground. Dick. "Pis a pity there are no scene-drawers to lift me. Win. A scoundrel, to rob your father; ..."

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