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get the show on the road
Idioms and Phrases
Start an undertaking; begin work. For example, After months of training, the astronauts were eager to get the show on the road . This synonym of get going alludes to a theatrical production going on tour. Also see get the ball rolling .Example Sentences
The Edinburgh winger, with his 29th Test try, was one of five Scotland scorers in the opening half after Will Hurd got the show on the road.
“You said, let’s get the show on the road. Any second, she’s going to wail —â€
“Hey we can get the show on the road the stuff came in,†she wrote in April, adding, “The 1 pill stops the hormones and then you gotta wait 24 hour 2 take the other.â€
“They were very flexible to sort of do something a bit more extreme just to get the show on the road.â€
To heck with the talk and the show, I want to get the show on the road.â€
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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