B2idiombusinessIELTS-friendly
up and running
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working properly after being started or repaired
Used with 'be' or 'get something': 'get the server up and running'.
In context
The new online booking system should be up and running by Monday.
It took us three months to get the factory up and running again after the flood.
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