get off the ground
• start.
• "there'd have to be a public inquiry before the project got off the ground"
Similar:
get going,
get under way,
begin,
start,
start off,
go ahead,
kick off,
commence,
set in motion,
activate,
institute,
initiate,
launch,
get in operation,
get working/functioning,
go to ground
• (of a fox or other animal) enter its earth or burrow.
• "rabbits evicted from one set of burrows will go to ground elsewhere"
