get the ball rolling

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Meaning: (informal,idiomatic)Tobegin; to start someaction; toset in motion.Did you everget the ball rollingon your plans to build a shed?2017August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, inThe Onion AV Club‎[1]:The execution of Littlefinger is formal, although his trial admittedly gives us ample opportunity to appreciate the tables finally turning on the man whogot the ball rollingon all this bloodshed.2024May 10, Justin Moran, quotingIsaac Dunbar, “Isaac Dunbar and Kerri Colby Were Built for This”, inPaper‎[2]:I knew who you were as a[RuPaul's]Drag Racefan. So I was gagged personally and I still am gagged, but it was quite divine intervention. Thom Kerr, the photographer, reallygot the ball rollingand I had no idea what to expect of this shoot besides greatness.

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