get off the ground

Meaning

1. get (sth) off the ground

   to start happening successfully; to make sth start happening successfully

   Without more money, the movie is unlikely to get off the ground.

In the movies · 4

• and I know that's a sore point, but, you know, it'll be only 'til it gets off the ground.Mighty Aphrodite1995
• Get out of there! Get off the ground !Tremors1990
• Nothing would get off the ground.The Boss Baby: Family Business2021
• Get off the ground, Nestor! Get moving !Tremors1990
• Once touched, they never get off the ground.The Devil's Advocate1997
• Oh, I'm not sure that's gonna get off the ground anymore.Mary Poppins Returns2018
• How do you get it off the ground?Interstellar2014
• You get up off the ground, yes it's another day ofLa La Land2016

Learn it in full scenes

• Mighty Aphrodite1995
  • Lenny and Amanda Debate a Baby
  • Lenny and Amanda Name the Baby
  • Lenny and Amanda's Hamptons Fight
• Interstellar2014
  • The Ghost in Murph's Bookshelf
  • Cooper Stumbles Into Secret NASA
  • Cooper Says Goodbye to Murph

From the same entry

• cut the ground from under feet
• gain up ground
• give ground
• go to ground
• hold your ground
• on the ground
• run yourself into the ground
• run into the ground
• thick on the ground
• keep your ear to the ground
• be on firm ground
• have your feet on the ground

More idioms

• have a thing about
• no thanks to
• work like a charm
• have a fit
• a can of worms
• the big picture
• there you go again
• as a whole
• get your own way
• go through the motions
• have it in you
• leave it at that