get off the ground

How To Use get off the ground In A Sentence

• He'd thought the flight would never -- to coin a phrase -- get off the ground.
• the project took a long time to get off the ground
• The aircraft hadn't enough power to get off the ground.
• Furthermore, the speed with which the Chinese SOEs reached a deal is striking by comparison to a mine in Katanga Province that Freeport recently opened -- Tenke Fungurume Mining Sarl -- which took more than a decade to finance and get off the ground. StephenGoldsmith: FDI with Chinese Characteristics
• I just wish somebody would trust us so we could get off the ground and she could take a breather.
• He'd thought the flight would never -- to coin a phrase -- get off the ground.
• Without more money, the movie is unlikely to get off the ground.
• Well , an ostrich can weigh 400 pounds - but it can't get off the ground.
• But ambitious plans to transform it into an important centre for exhibitions have failed to get off the ground. Times, Sunday Times
• Beijing's fretfulness about change has caused another good idea to struggle to get off the ground. Board Stiffed