Get going

Synonyms for "get going" (107 found)

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Closest matches (22)

accelerateactivateattackbe offbeat itbegonebreak inbundlebustlechaseclear outcrowddashdash offdash ondive intodouble timedouble-timeenter onenter upon
Verb(2 words)
activatebestir oneself

Strong matches (32)

excitefall tofestinateflake offfloatgetget busyget crackingget in thereget lostget movingget offget outget squared awayget under wayget with itgitgo to ithastenheadway
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hit the roadhop to ithurryhurry onhurry scurryhurry through
Verb(6 words)
get crackingget movingget rollingget startedget weavinggo

Related words (53)

hurry uphurry-scurryhustleinitiatejump to itlaunchlaunch intoleadleaplight intolose no timemake a beginningmake a movemake hastemake yourself scarcemovemove quicklyopenpitch inpitch into
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plungeplunge intopostpress onpush onracerunrushrush throughsail intoscamperscramscramblescurryscuttleset a courseset aboutset atset toset to workshove offspurtstart instart uptackletake ontearturn toundertakevamoosewade intowarm up
Verb(1 words)
start

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alterbeginchangecommencegetget downmodifyset aboutset outstartstart out

Sample sentences

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It is quite late, I'd best get going before sunset.

Source: wiktionary

We'd better get this project going. If we don't get going on it soon, we won't finish in time.

Source: wiktionary

We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.

Source: wiktionary

She got him going with all these stories, and then she'd leave him, and he'd be up all night trying to figure out the end.

Source: wiktionary

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