get going

Verb

Meaning

start to be active

begin or set in motion

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

start go get cracking institute scoot open run fly scram leave split begin launch withdraw exit

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Antonyms

crown end close come complete appear

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Hypernyms

get start begin commence set out set about

Hyponyms

come on come up take-off go on get off the ground

Examples

If you can't think of what to write, tough luck; write anyway. If you can think of lots more when you've finished the three pages, don't write it; it'll be that much easier to get going next day. Philip Pullman

Every novel generates its own climate, when you get going. Penelope Lively

You know, it's hard work to write a book. I can't tell you how many times I really get going on an idea, then my quill breaks. Or I spill ink all over my writing tunic. Ellen DeGeneres

College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life. Paul Ryan

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. English Proverb

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Danish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

get further ahead of get gas get glad in the same britches one got mad in get going on get going with get got