Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “get off the ground“ and its meaning is “begin, start, initiate, launch, get under way, get going (something successfully)”.
Example Sentence: This Tuesday is International Women’s Day, when we celebrate women’s achievements and the victories women have won in the fight for equality… This is all very encouraging,… Yet its own Small Business Survey shows that only 16% of small business employers and one in three of entrepreneurs are women, and women also struggle to access the financing and new business loans needed to get their companies off the ground.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article It took decades to achieve progress for women – why has it stalled? and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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