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off and running
Making a good start, progressing well, as in After the first episode the new soap opera was off and running. Originating in horse racing, as the traditional announcement at the beginning of a race (“They're off and running”), this phrase began to be used more broadly in the second half of the 1900s.
Example Sentences
I was finally off and running.
“World of Color Happiness!” is then off and running, a brisk, music-focused show dedicated to all things “happiness.”
It's depressing because I'm old enough to remember when in the '70s the feminist movement felt like, "OK, we're off and running."
He named the food hall Alkebulan, "which was the first written name of Africa," adding, "I was off and running. I created the whole concept, soups to nuts, every menu . . . you name it."
With help from Schwartzenberger and the internet, Simpson was off and running.
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