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Idiom

get off the ground

Meaning

To succeed or begin to succeed.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The new project is struggling to get off the ground.”

“We need more funding before this business idea can really get off the ground.”

“Despite the team's tireless efforts and significant investment, the ambitious startup failed to get off the ground in such a competitive market.”

Examples

simple

“The new project is struggling to get off the ground.”

contextual

“We need more funding before this business idea can really get off the ground.”

complex

“Despite the team's tireless efforts and significant investment, the ambitious startup failed to get off the ground in such a competitive market.”

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