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hit the ground running en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To begin an activity immediately and with full commitment.
    • Employers these days look for candidates that can hit the ground running, so that they spend less on training.
    • Well, the years start coming and they don’t stop coming. Fed to the rules and I hit the ground runnin’. 1999 June 8, Smash Mouth, “All Star”, in Astro Longue:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hits the ground running Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hitting the ground running Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hit the ground running Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hit the ground running Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

storm out of the blocks

Translations (9)

pl ruszyć z kopyta (begin an activity immediately and with full commitment) · ru взять с места в карье́р (begin an activity immediately and with full commitment) · fi ryhtyä heti hommiin (begin an activity immediately and with full commitment) · sv rivstarta (begin an activity immediately and with full commitment) · fr se mettre au travail tout de suite (begin an activity immediately and with full commitment) · fr se donner à fond sans attendre (begin an activity immediately and with full commitment) · nl direct aan de slag gaan (begin an activity immediately and with full commitment) · de sofort loslegen (begin an activity immediately and with full commitment) · pl ruszać z kopyta (begin an activity immediately and with full commitment)