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off the ground

off the ground prepositional phrase: having gotten a good start; having reached a level of stability or self-sufficiency.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Having gotten a good start; having reached a level of stability or self-sufficiency.
    • The remodeling project is finally off the ground.
    • We tried to start a company, but we couldn't seem to get it off the ground.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see off, the, ground.
    • It was Brianna’s Oldsmobile, and it had been backed into the side of the abandoned house with enough force that the rear bumper was caught on the foundation. The back tyres were actually lifted off the ground.2026 July 16, Nicholas Muhoro, “Inside the 2004 Brianna Maitland Case: One of Vermont’s Most Haunting Mysteries”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2026

Words formed from off the ground

Questions about off the ground

What does off the ground mean?
Off the ground means having gotten a good start; having reached a level of stability or self-sufficiency.
What part of speech is off the ground?
Off the ground is a prepositional phrase.

Words near off the ground in the dictionary

  1. off the deep end
  2. off the derech
  3. off the dome
  4. off the face of the earth
  5. off the grid
  6. off the ground
  7. off the heezay
  8. off the heezies
  9. off the heezy
  10. off the hinges
  11. off the hizzle

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