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

In the meantime, please join me in congratulating this new leadership team…I’m incredibly excited to get going. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026

Mullins made a free throw line jumper in the first half and got going in the second with a floater before seeing his first 3-pointer fall on his fifth attempt of the game as the Huskies went up 24 points. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026

Not only did Helenius get going, but the Sabres also got a strong effort from the third line of Jason Zucker, Ryan McLeod and Josh Norris. — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Switch it on, pick a power mode from the five between eco and turbo, and get going. — Loz Blain october 26, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026