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Get Off The Ground

Definition: Get Off The Ground

Get Off The Ground

Verb

1. Get started or set in motion, used figuratively, as of a project,.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonym: Get Off The Ground

Synonym: take off (v). (additional references)

Crosswords: Get Off The Ground

English words defined with "get off the ground": commence ♦ embark on ♦ start, start up. (references)

Non-Fiction Usage: Get Off The Ground

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		These projects are expected to get off the ground as soon as the SAG implements the new mining code that is still being revised. (references)
Economic History	Pakistan	The Privatization Ministry's $4 billion two-year privatization plan has been slow to get off the ground, however. (references)
	Albania	Corruption is widespread in both business and government circles and the government can tie projects up in red tape or withhold necessary licenses and support so that projects never get off the ground. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speeches: Get Off The Ground

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	The Department of Transportation will help an expendable launch services industry to get off the ground.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Modern Translations: Get Off The Ground

Language		Translations for "get off the ground"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Czech		rozbìhnout se, odlepit se od zemì. (various references)

German		in gang bringen (actuate, get going, get under way, put in motion, set going, set in motion). (various references)

Hungarian		kezd kifizetődő lenni (to get off the ground). (various references)

Pig Latin		etgay offay ethay oundgray

Russian		отрываться от земли (blast off, getting off the ground). (various references)

Swedish		realiseras, lyfta (elevate, heave, heft, hump, Jack, jack up, lift, pitchfork, raise, take up, throw up, uplift). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Get Off The Ground

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-f-f-g-g-h-n-o-o-r-t-t-u"
	-5 letters: fourteenth, tenderfoot, untogether.
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Alternative Orthography: Get Off The Ground

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 65 74 4F 66 66 54 68 65 47 72 6F 75 6E 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01100101 01110100 00100000 01001111 01100110 01100110 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01000111 01110010 01101111 01110101 01101110 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#101 &#116 &#32 &#79 &#102 &#102 &#32 &#84 &#104 &#101 &#32 &#71 &#114 &#111 &#117 &#110 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0065 0074 004F 0066 0066 0054 0068 0065 0047 0072 006F 0075 006E 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

417186249727225474712418481878070

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction

5. Quotations: Speeches
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography

9. Bibliography

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