get going
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See get a move on .
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get something going . Start something, get something into full swing. For example, Once we get production going we'll have no more problems . This usage also appears in when the going gets tough, the tough get going , meaning that difficulties spur on capable individuals; the first tough here means “difficult,” whereas the second means “strong-minded, resolute.” For example, That problem won't stop Tom; when the going gets tough, the tough get going . Also see swing into action .
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Make someone talkative or active, as in Once he got her going on her grandchildren, there was no stopping her . [ Colloquial ; late 1800s]
Example Sentences
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Liverpool have to click sooner or later, and if their attack gets going here then they could overpower my boyhood club.
From BBC
Use gentle pressure on the accelerator until the vehicle gets going.
From BBC
Ireland faded late in the dispiriting loss to the All Blacks in Chicago and took 60 minutes to get going against Japan.
From BBC
She has a little bit of time to bounce back, as that show doesn’t get going until Feb. 11 when the Little Miss Drama tour kicks off in Palm Desert.
From Los Angeles Times
“So what we offer at this site is the easiest place to permit nuclear reactors and to construct. We also offer them the ability to get going immediately.”
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