got started

Verb

get started (third-person singular simple present gets started, present participle getting started, simple past got started, past participle (UK) got started or (US) gotten started)

1. (intransitive) To begin an activity.
   • Come on guys, settle down, it's time to get started
2. (transitive) To begin (an activity or event); to get something to start.
   • Get the car started and then we can set off.
3. (idiomatic, transitive) To cause (someone) to start talking about something in length.
   • He is also an avid photographer and falconer. Don't get him started talking about his birds because he won't stop for a while.2015, A. J. Marcus, Grizzly Discovery