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Idiom

get the show on the road

Meaning

To begin or launch; to get going.

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

Examples

“Let's get the show on the road before we are late.”

“Everyone is here, so we should get the show on the road and start the meeting.”

“With the final preparations complete, the director signaled to the crew that it was time to get the show on the road.”

Examples

simple

“Let's get the show on the road before we are late.”

contextual

“Everyone is here, so we should get the show on the road and start the meeting.”

complex

“With the final preparations complete, the director signaled to the crew that it was time to get the show on the road.”

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