get going
Hit the road
Get going means to start moving or begin doing something.
It often carries urgency: We'd better get going or we'll be late.
To get going on a task is to commence work: I need to get going on that report.
The phrase also means to cause something to start: Let's get this party going.
Get going! as a command means leave or hurry up.
Operate a vehicle
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
passion · zeal · eagerness · energy · impetus · perseverance · resolve · tenacity
To start something
set in motion · activate · trigger · spark · ignite · jumpstart · crank up · fire up
Sanctioned time away
hit the road · farewell · goodbye · parting · embark · depart · move out · make tracks
drive
Operate a vehicle
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
inspiration · passion · zeal · eagerness · energy · impetus · perseverance · resolve · tenacity · willpower
begin
To start something
kick off · set in motion · activate · trigger · spark · ignite · jumpstart · crank up · fire up · boot up
leave
Sanctioned time away
take off · hit the road · farewell · goodbye · parting · embark · depart · move out · make tracks · vamoose
acceleration
Rate velocity changes
propulsion · pace · progress · advance · surge · roll · motion · movement · steam · headway
- departuresleave, depart, exit, leaving, go
- get starteddig in, dive in, jump in, plunge in, set to
- motion idiomsin motion, on the move, on the go, move forward, move along
- getting startedstart, begin, first steps, basics, introduction
- hurry uphurry, hurry up, rush, hustle, move it
- activationactivate, triggers, firing, commence, initiate