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GET GOING
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Start to be active
Example:
Get cracking, please!
Synonyms:
bestir oneself; get cracking; get going; get moving; get rolling; get started; get weaving
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "get going" is one way to...):
begin; commence; get; get down; set about; set out; start; start out (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Begin or set in motion
Example:
Ready, set, go!
Synonyms:
get going; go; start
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get going"):
come on; come up; go on (start running, functioning, or operating)
get off the ground; take off (get started or set in motion, used figuratively)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
