| 单词 | off and running |
| 释义 | off and runningMaking a good start, progressing well, as in After the first episode the new soap opera was off and running. Originating in horse racing, as the traditional announcement at the beginning of a race (“They're off and running”), this phrase began to be used more broadly in the second half of the 1900s. Words nearby off and runningoff again, on again, off-air, offal, Offaly, off and on, off and running, off balance, off-balance sheet reserve, off-base, offbeat, offboard The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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