phrasal verb · formal
get underway
UK/ɡet ˌʌndəˈweɪ/US/ɡet ˌʌndərˈweɪ/get un·der·WAY
task2speaking
to begin, especially referring to a project, campaign or official activity.
Examples
“After months of planning, the renovation project finally got underway in May.”
“Once funding was secured, the programme got underway without delay.”
“The talks got underway this morning at nine.”
Band 8 sentence
“By the time funding was approved, the regeneration scheme had already got underway in several districts.”
Collocations
- get underway + project / campaign / talks
- get underway + without delay
Word family
get / got / getting verbunderway adjective
Common mistakes
We get underway the project last month.→The project got underway last month.
Say it for a higher band
5start→6begin→7+get underway
Synonyms
start
commence
Easily confused
start
“They started the programme in January.”
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