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off and running
Idioms and Phrases
Making a good start, progressing well, as in After the first episode the new soap opera was off and running . Originating in horse racing, as the traditional announcement at the beginning of a race (“They're off and runningâ€), this phrase began to be used more broadly in the second half of the 1900s.Example Sentences
He named the food hall Alkebulan, "which was the first written name of Africa," adding, "I was off and running. I created the whole concept, soups to nuts, every menu . . . you name it."
With help from Schwartzenberger and the internet, Simpson was off and running.
Through their debut season in the Big Ten, a conference with a rich history of pocket-bound passers, the Trojans haven’t had to worry much about opposing quarterbacks taking off and running.
Once Evans began hitting casting calls in L.A., he was off and running.
And so, the legend of the Earthquake Kids was off and running.
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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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