'get going' definitions:
Definition of 'get going'
(from WordNet)
verb
Begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!" [syn: start, go, get going] [ant: halt, stop]
verb
Start to be active; "Get cracking, please!" [syn: get cracking, bestir oneself, get going, get moving, get weaving, get started, get rolling]
Synonyms of 'get going'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- attack,
- be off,
- beat it,
- begone,
- break in,
- bundle,
- bustle,
- chase,
- clear out,
- crowd,
- dash,
- dash off,
- dash on,
- dive into,
- double-time,
- enter on,
- enter upon,
- fall to,
- festinate,
- flake off,
- get,
- get busy,
- get cracking,
- get in there,
- get lost,
- get moving,
- get off,
- get out,
- get squared away,
- get under way,
- get with it,
- git,
- go to it,
- hasten,
- hit the road,
- hop to it,
- hurry,
- hurry on,
- hurry through,
- hurry up,
- hurry-scurry,
- hustle,
- jump to it,
- launch into,
- leap,
- light into,
- lose no time,
- make a beginning,
- make a move,
- make haste,
- make yourself scarce,
- move quickly,
- pitch in,
- pitch into,
- plunge,
- plunge into,
- post,
- press on,
- push on,
- race,
- run,
- rush,
- rush through,
- sail into,
- scamper,
- scram,
- scramble,
- scurry,
- scuttle,
- set a course,
- set about,
- set at,
- set to,
- set to work,
- shove off,
- spurt,
- start in,
- start up,
- tackle,
- take on,
- tear,
- turn to,
- undertake,
- vamoose,
- wade into,
- warm up