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off and running

adj

Etymology

An allusion to the beginning of a footrace or horse race, when competitors rush forth out of the starting blocks or gate.

Definitions

  1. Launched or launching vigorously into a course of action.

    • But both newspapers made the same point. . . . And so the story was off and running.
    • The train won't budge, but the film that this scene opens, the Kafkaesque Romanian comedy "California Dreamin'," is off and running.
    • [T]he recovery seems to have entered a new stage in recent months. “We’re finally off and running,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA