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Idiom

storm out of the blocks

Meaning

To begin rapidly.

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

Examples

“The team stormed out of the blocks to take an early lead.”

“She stormed out of the blocks at the start of the race, leaving all the other runners behind.”

“The startup stormed out of the blocks with record sales, quickly dominating the market before their competitors could even react.”

Examples

simple

“The team stormed out of the blocks to take an early lead.”

contextual

“She stormed out of the blocks at the start of the race, leaving all the other runners behind.”

complex

“The startup stormed out of the blocks with record sales, quickly dominating the market before their competitors could even react.”

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