get the ball rolling

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, keep the ball rolling . Start an undertaking; also, keep an undertaking from flagging. For example, Let's get the ball rolling by putting up some posters , or The hostess kept the ball rolling, talking to each of the guests in turn . This expression originated in one or another sport in which it was important to keep a ball moving. [ Colloquial ; late 1700s] Also see get the show on the road .

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A site owned by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, in west Harlow, was purchased by PHE for £30m to get the ball rolling in 2017.

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So when he first took the reins of USC’s front office in late January, Bowden set out looking for something small to improve right away, to get the ball rolling and set a tone in the building.

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“Happy to help get the ball rolling. Money where my mouth is!”

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City officials said they hope to use Rosales’ research as part of a nomination package for the state Office of Historic Preservation to get the ball rolling on a much-hoped-for official designation.

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"We just need the funds to get the ball rolling for the care home," Audrey said.

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get the ax get the better of

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