B2idiomsuccessIELTS-friendly
a flying start
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a very good beginning, with success from the first moment
Usually 'get off to a flying start' or 'give someone a flying start'. Positive. Compare 'a false start' (an attempt that fails).
In context
Our new app got off to a flying start with fifty thousand downloads in a week.
Winning the first two matches gave the team a flying start in the league.
More idioms about success
- a blessing in disguisesomething that seems bad at first but later brings a good result
- a close calla situation in which you only just avoid danger or failure
- a dream come truesomething you have wanted for a long time that has finally happened
- a feather in your capan achievement that you can be proud of and that may help you later
- a flash in the pana sudden success that does not last or happen again