1. get started or set in motion, used figuratively; - Example: "the project took a long time to get off the ground" [syn: get off the ground, take off]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
get off the ground
v 1: get started or set in motion, used figuratively; "the
project took a long time to get off the ground" [syn: get
off the ground, take off]