phrasal verb · informal
get going
UK/ɡet ˈɡəʊɪŋ/US/ɡet ˈɡoʊɪŋ/GET · GO·ING
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to start doing something or to leave/start a journey
Examples
“We should get going if we want to reach the coast before dark.”
“Let's get going on the project; the deadline is next week.”
“After a slow morning, the team finally got going in the afternoon.”
Band 8 sentence
“We got going early to avoid traffic, which allowed us to spend more time exploring the town.”
Collocations
- get going on + task
- get going (leave)
Word family
get going phrasal verb
Common mistakes
We must get on now.→We must get going now.
Let's going.→Let's get going.
Say it for a higher band
5start→6begin→7+get going
Synonyms
start
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