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Idiom

ground floor

Meaning

The initial stage of a project.

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

Examples

“I want to join the project on the ground floor.”

“She invested in the startup early because she wanted to be in on the ground floor.”

“By joining the research team at the ground floor, he gained a unique perspective on the project's evolution and eventual success.”

Examples

simple

“I want to join the project on the ground floor.”

contextual

“She invested in the startup early because she wanted to be in on the ground floor.”

complex

“By joining the research team at the ground floor, he gained a unique perspective on the project's evolution and eventual success.”

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