🗓️ Idiom: Get (Something) Off the Ground
💬 Meaning
- To successfully start or launch something, such as a project, business, or campaign.
- It suggests moving from the planning stage to actual execution or operation.
🧠 Example Sentences
- After months of planning, the team finally got the new ad campaign off the ground.
- We’re still trying to get the website redesign off the ground.
- Without enough funding, the startup couldn’t get off the ground.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom originates from flying, where getting a plane “off the ground” refers to a successful takeoff. Over time, it came to describe any initiative or idea that is successfully launched or begun.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
We had a great idea for a product, but we struggled to __________ it off the ground.
Answer
get
2. Choose the correct meaning of “get (something) off the ground”:
A) To cancel an idea before starting
B) To successfully begin a project or activity
C) To move something into storage
Answer
B) To successfully begin a project or activity
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“They successfully started the new marketing campaign.” → Change the sentence using: get (something) off the ground
Answer
They got the new marketing campaign off the ground.
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