phrasal verb (idiom) · neutral
get the ball rolling
UK/ɡet ðə bɔːl ˈrəʊlɪŋ/US/ɡet ðə bɔl ˈroʊlɪŋ/get the ball ROLL·ing
to start an activity, discussion, or process
Examples
“Let's get the ball rolling by agreeing the agenda.”
“We need someone to get the ball rolling on the new campaign.”
“To get the ball rolling, the teacher asked each student to introduce themselves.”
Band 8 sentence
“To get the ball rolling, I propose we first define measurable targets for the project.”
Collocations
- get the ball rolling on / with
- help/get someone get the ball rolling
Word family
Common mistakes
We need to get ball rolling this week.→We need to get the ball rolling this week.
Let's begin the ball rolling.→Let's get the ball rolling.
Say it for a higher band
5start→6get started→7+get the ball rolling
Synonyms
get started
kick off
Easily confused
get started
“We should get started on the assignment soon.”
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