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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"
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
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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