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get the show on the road

get the show on the road verb: to begin or launch; to get going.

Verb

get the show on the road (third-person singular simple present gets the show on the road, present participle getting the show on the road, simple past got the show on the road, past participle (UK) got the show on the road or (US) gotten the show on the road)

  1. (idiomatic) To begin or launch; to get going.
    • If we're all in agreement about how to proceed, let's get the show on the road.
    • Let's pull finger and get this show on the road.2012, Owen Marshall, Harlequin Rex

Forms of get the show on the road

third-person singular presentgets the show on the road
present participlegetting the show on the road
pastgot the show on the road
past participle UKgot the show on the road
past participle USgotten the show on the road

Questions about get the show on the road

What does get the show on the road mean?
Get the show on the road means to begin or launch; to get going.
What part of speech is get the show on the road?
Get the show on the road is a verb.
What is the past tense of get the show on the road?
The past tense of get the show on the road is got the show on the road.

Words near get the show on the road in the dictionary

  1. get the picture
  2. get the point
  3. get the push
  4. get the runaround
  5. get the sack
  6. get the show on the road
  7. get the thumb
  8. get the vapors
  9. get the vapours
  10. get the wall
  11. get the wind up

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