off the ground

phrase

: in or as if in flight : off to a good start

the program never got off the ground

Examples of off the ground in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Muse and its buzzy competitor Instinct cost you nothing — at least now, and at least until Meta can get it off the ground and presumably start using it to serve you ads, etc. — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026

For Lang, joining the Food Accelerator program in 2024 was not about getting her business off the ground, but getting it back on track. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026

At one point we were tilted at a steep angle with at least one wheel high off the ground. — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2026

The policeman held on to Shorty’s biceps and shook them slightly, both giving the sense of a loving embrace and using his strength to lift Shorty ever so slightly off the ground and clear of the entrance. — Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for off the ground

• aboveground
• battleground
• belowground
• paperbound
• turnaround
• ultrasound
• underground
• wraparound
• abound
• aground
• around
• astound