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Definition of gotten off the ground
get off the ground
verb
- to succeed initially.
Once I get my business off the ground, I'll think about buying a house.
- See more words with the same meaning: successful.
Last edited on Apr 15 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'successful': | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: in a position where some goal is easily attainable. | |
| Definitions include: a success. | |
| Definitions include: high-grade marijuana. | |
| Definitions include: to reach the point at which an idea or product becomes successful. | |
| Definitions include: to be successful. | |
| Definitions include: In the "sexual contact as baseball achievement" metaphor, means sexual intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: in a position where some goal is easily attainable. | |
| Definitions include: to be successful. | |
| Definitions include: a successful thing, especially a movie. | |
| Definitions include: shortened form of "the big leagues". | |
| Definitions include: see touchdown. | |
| Definitions include: to sell. | |
| Definitions include: a baseball reference, meaning "that area of (some context-dependent thing) that only successful people can reach." | |
Slang terms with the same root words
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Other terms relating to 'get': | |
| Definitions include: very; really; extremely. | |
| Definitions include: a phrase of one is about to be in trouble big-time or something bad is about to happen. | |
| Definitions include: "Get ready for some serious trouble." | |
| Definitions include: "buy one get one" free. | |
| Definitions include: don't be mistaken; "believe it". | |
| Definitions include: from the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "get back to work". | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: to have sex with someone who is not one's significant other. | |
| Definitions include: to acquire a buzz. | |
| Definitions include: to be excited by. | |
| Definitions include: to enjoy. | |
| Definitions include: see clue. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to ingest a drug. | |
Other terms relating to 'ground': | |
| Definitions include: soldiers. | |
| Definitions include: to hide. | |
| Definitions include: lighting underneath the body of a car, which shines on the ground. | |
| Definitions include: the initial phase of an opportunity. | |
| Definitions include: Desirable food item found abandoned on the ground. | |
| Definitions include: to monitor new information or rumors. | |
| Definitions include: to monitor new information or rumors. | |
| Definitions include: to be competent. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: to lose progress. | |
| Definitions include: to cause to fail. | |
Other terms relating to 'off': | |
| Definitions include: what was previously expected to happen may not. | |
| Definitions include: large buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: to move away from. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: to get out of a prior obligation by asking. | |
| Definitions include: to take on a situation one can't master. | |
| Definitions include: to reprimand. | |
| Definitions include: to ignore another person(s) in a rude manner. | |
| Definitions include: to get rid of aggression or anger. | |
| Definitions include: to do something to get rid of negative emotions. | |
| Definitions include: to cheat on one's spouse. | |
| Definitions include: to bore one. | |
| Definitions include: to suggest ideas to another person to get feedback. | |
| Definitions include: annoyed, very cross. | |
| Definitions include: to end a relationship. | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: inclusive. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
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