Idiom
fly out of the blocks
Meaning
To begin quickly
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The runner flew out of the blocks at the start.”
“The team flew out of the blocks, scoring two goals in the first five minutes of the game.”
“The new startup flew out of the blocks, capturing a significant share of the market before their competitors even realized a shift in consumer demand had occurred.”
Examples
simple
“The runner flew out of the blocks at the start.”
contextual
“The team flew out of the blocks, scoring two goals in the first five minutes of the game.”
complex
“The new startup flew out of the blocks, capturing a significant share of the market before their competitors even realized a shift in consumer demand had occurred.”
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