Synonyms of got going

got going

phrase

past tense of get going

as in began

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

• began
• started
• commenced
• got to
• opened
• fell (to)
• launched
• set about
• embarked (on or upon)
• entered (into or upon)
• struck (into)
• got off
• led off
• kicked off
• created
• initiated
• adopted
• generated
• originated
• invented
• organized
• took on
• established
• took up
• founded
• inaugurated
• instituted
• spawned
• innovated
• got around (to)
• got down (to)
• set up
• got round (to)
• embraced
• pioneered
• fathered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• finished
• ended
• stopped
• concluded
• terminated
• ceased
• completed
• laid off
• left
• discontinued
• quit
• closed
• halted
• knocked off
• abandoned
• destroyed
• desisted
• abolished
• extinguished
• phased out
• forsook
• exterminated
• demolished

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of got going

But once the Milwaukee Brewers got going, unimpeded, there was no looking back. — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

George Pickens got going, Javonte Williams capped it off with a touchdown. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026

Once the San Francisco 49ers got going on offense, Brock Purdy and crew once again couldn't be stopped. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

That insurance room loomed large when the Red Sox finally got going in the bottom of the eighth. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 Sep. 2026

New York led by four at the half, and then Sabrina Ionescu and Fiebich got going. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026

The company got going initially as an online retailer offering customers a 3D feature to try on the glasses virtually. — Anu Raghunathan, Forbes.com, 18 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

French dreams of the yellow jersey never really got going, but Julian Alaphilippe did win two stages and the polka dot jersey, a precursor to his valiant and oh-so-close GC tilt the following year. — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 19 July 2026