break ground
Also, break new ground.
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How to use break ground in a sentence
For 18-24 months, it was difficult to break ground on new projects, because builders couldn't get the financing.
And Bobroff has raised $12.6 million dollars to break ground on the site where her school is supposed to be standing.
In your boots you will be unable to stand firm; you will run the risk of slipping every time that you break ground.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniI know your style of fighting men, Crane; you want to make me break ground, and drive me step by step round the garden.
Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II | VariousOn the 10th of the same month the Bengal division was to break ground from Ferozepore.
History of the War in Afghanistan, Vol. I (of 3) | Sir John William Kaye
The two other slaves complied with him; so they began to break ground with the tools they had brought for that purpose.
The Arabian Nights, Volume III (of 4) | AnonymousLowndes, old man, go out and tell the coolies to break ground next to Jevins's grave.
Life's Handicap | Rudyard Kipling
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