get the ball rolling

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get the ball rolling (第三人称单数简单现在时 gets the ball rolling，现在分词 getting the ball rolling，过去式 got the ball rolling，过去分词 (UK) got the ball rolling 或 (US) gotten the ball rolling)

1. (非正式，俗语) 开始着手

   Did you ever get the ball rolling on your plans to build a shed?

   你有没有开始着手你的建小屋计划？

   • 2017 8月 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, 出自 The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     The execution of Littlefinger is formal, although his trial admittedly gives us ample opportunity to appreciate the tables finally turning on the man who got the ball rolling on all this bloodshed.

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近义词

• set the ball rolling
• start the ball rolling

相关词汇

• keep the ball rolling