Synonyms of get going

get going

phrase

as in begin

to take the first step in (a process or course of action)

She'd procrastinated long enough and it was time to get going.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• begin
• start
• fall (to)
• commence
• get to
• open
• found
• set about
• strike (into)
• launch
• enter (into or upon)
• get off
• lead off
• embark (on or upon)
• create
• kick off
• generate
• initiate
• take up
• originate
• organize
• adopt
• take on
• establish
• father
• invent
• institute
• pioneer
• innovate
• set up
• get around (to)
• get down (to)
• get round (to)
• inaugurate
• embrace
• spawn

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• end
• finish
• conclude
• terminate
• stop
• complete
• close
• cease
• quit
• halt
• lay off
• desist
• leave
• discontinue
• abandon
• destroy
• knock off
• abolish
• forsake
• phase out
• extinguish
• exterminate
• demolish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of get going

Advertisement Once the carnage gets going, Mitchell never really take his foot off the gas. — Megan McCluskey, Time, 14 Aug. 2026

Ezeiruaku got going early with a sack and wrapped up practice with two tackles for loss in the final team period session. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2026

The Reagan bull market got going as inflation, finally, entered a persistent decline and Salomon Brothers market-whisperer economist Henry Kaufman declared that Treasury yields had peaked. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026

Ards, a four-year starter who is committed to Texas A&M, is frothing at the bit to get going with his new line mates. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026