get going

Questions about get going

What does get going mean?

get going means "begin or set in motion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for get going?

Close synonyms include start, go, get cracking, bestir oneself, get moving. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is get going a common word?

get going is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.