GET GOING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Start to be active

Example:

Get cracking, please!

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "get going" is one way to...):

begin; commence; get; get down; set about; set out; start; start out (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action)

Sentence frames:

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Meaning:

Begin or set in motion

Example:

Ready, set, go!

Synonyms:

get going; go; start

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get going"):

come on; come up; go on (start running, functioning, or operating)

get off the ground; take off (get started or set in motion, used figuratively)

Sentence frames:

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