get off the ground
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get off the ground (third-person singular simple present gets off the ground, present participle getting off the ground, simple past got off the ground, past participle (UK) got off the ground or (US) gotten off the ground)
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To succeed or begin to succeed.
- His big plans to get rich never quite seemed to get off the ground.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To make (something) succeed.
- He couldn't get George's career off the ground.