B2idiombusinessIELTS-friendly
get off the ground
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to start successfully, or to make a plan or project start
Two patterns: 'the project got off the ground' and 'we got the project off the ground'. Keep the object short.
In context
Without more funding, the project will never get off the ground.
A small grant from the city helped us get the scheme off the ground.
More idioms about business
- a ballpark figurea rough number that is close to the real amount
- a big playera powerful and important person or company in a field
- a bottlenecka point where progress slows because too much has to pass through it
- a deal breakera fact or condition that makes you refuse to accept an agreement
- a dog-eat-dog worlda situation where people compete hard and will harm others to succeed