get started

Verb

Meaning

start to be active

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

get cracking get moving get rolling bestir oneself get weaving work open start begin launch initiate activate commence set out kick off

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Antonyms

lynch tomahawk crown sunder can end

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Hypernyms

get start begin commence set out set about

Examples

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. Walt Disney

Nintendo DS is not standing still. As a tenth serious competitor decides to make a run at Game Boy, DS raises the bar on portable gaming, before they even get started. Reggie Fils-Aimé

The sooner we get started with alternative energy sources and recognize that fossil fuels makes us less secure as a nation, and more dangerous as a planet, the better off we'll be. Lindsey Graham

There is the desire of a consumer society to have no learning curves. This tends to result in very dumbed-down products that are easy to get started on, but are generally worthless and/or debilitating. Alan Kay

That's why I hate to get started in these jam sessions. I'm always the last one to leave. Elvis Presley

Lazybones take all day to get started. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

get sooty get spliced get square get stealthily get steamed get steamed up