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Under way

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Adverb
  1. 1
    in motion; set in motion wordnet
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  1. 1
    In operation, in progress, commenced. idiomatic

    "A dearth of signalmen and the high cost of labour is hastening an elimination process that already was well under way before the second world war."

  2. 2
    Moving through the water; not anchored, moored, aground, or beached.
  3. 3
    Into motion, into its course.

    "The show finally got under way, just 10 minutes late."

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