off the ground

phrase

: in or as if in flight : off to a good start
the program never got off the ground

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At the Hyder Mountain Road park, that means new mobile homes along the river would need to be raised at least 8 feet off the ground. — Ren Larson, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2026 Certainly, by lifting part of the museum off the ground, invoking the freeway and framing the long stretch of Wilshire, Zumthor has constructed a worthy metonym for LA. — Katy Barkan, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 Here's how to watch live as the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is lifted off the ground into space. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Additionally, Nvidia previously had plans for its own cloud AI business but had trouble getting it off the ground. — Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for off the ground

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“Off the ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20the%20ground. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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