get off the ground

Other forms: got off the ground; getting off the ground

Definitions 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”
    synonyms: take off
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    type of:
    get going, go, start
    begin or set in motion
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