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GET STARTED
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Irregular inflected forms: gets started , getting started , got started
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Start to be active
Example:
Get cracking, please!
Synonyms:
bestir oneself; get cracking; get going; get moving; get rolling; get started; get weaving
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "get started" is one way to...):
begin; commence; get; get down; set about; set out; start; start out (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Context examples:
Jupiter will continue to bring you substantial opportunities, and you are just getting started!
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
If you will help me with our prisoner, I think that we may get started for London at once.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Into this I rushed, engaged a bicycle, and was able to get started before the carriage was quite out of sight.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And I'm only getting started.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Or you may receive a substantial sum of money that will allow you to get started on your plans for your living situation.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Saturn will have you yearning to make a home decision that will give you comfort and stability, and Mars will make you anxious and eager to get started.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
If you are saying to yourself that you would love to move, but the cost of such an undertaking seems daunting, the universe might have a plan to help you get started.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
That crowd of planets alone would be enough to create change, and last month, on December 25, saw the new moon solar eclipse also in this part of your chart, giving you a powerful amount of planetary push to get started.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
For some time, you’ve had quite a build-up of energy in your home sector, and after February 16, with the entry of Mars in the same area, you will be quite motivated to get started on a home-related plan.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I also loved that Uranus was in an ideal angle to the Sun and new moon to a precise degree, indicating that if you needed money to follow a dearly wished-for plan, the funds would somehow magically materialize so that you could get started.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
