get rolling
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So how did this particular legislative ball get rolling?
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2024
The Dolby Theatre ceremony, initially scheduled to start at 4 p.m., didn’t get rolling until six minutes after the hour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
In October, the supervisors lamented how the program had been set up only in August, taking almost a year from the time the supervisors asked for the program to get rolling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
The campaigns can’t wait to get rolling, apparently.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
When the Southern California ministers were really whipping their congregations into a froth, they would get rolling on the subject of “the Road to Hell,” a byway that ran south from San Diego.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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