# take up the running

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/take-up-the-running
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To proceed at full speed.

## Examples

- The project is ready, so we can take up the running now.
- After the initial planning phase ended, the team was finally able to take up the running on the new project.
- Once the legal obstacles were cleared, the company could finally take up the running and accelerate their expansion into the international market.

## Origin

Originally used of racehorses.

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