get the show on the road

get the show on the road
get the show on the road & get this show on the road
Fig. to get (something) started. •

Let's get started! Get the show on the road!

Get this show on the road. We don't have all day.

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{v. phr.}, {informal} To start a program; get work started. * /It was several years before the rocket scientists got the show on the road./ Compare: GET THE BALL ROLLING.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • get the show on the road — {v. phr.}, {informal} To start a program; get work started. * /It was several years before the rocket scientists got the show on the road./ Compare: GET THE BALL ROLLING …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get the show on the road — If you get the show on the road, you put a plan into operation or begin something …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • get the show on the road — ► get the show on the road informal begin an undertaking or enterprise. Main Entry: ↑show …   English terms dictionary

  • get the show on the road — tv. to get (something) started. □ Let’s get started! Get the show on the road! □ Get the show on the road. We don’t have all day …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • get the show on the road —    If you manage to put a plan or idea into action, you get the show on the road.     OK, we ve got all we need, so let s get the show on the road …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • get\ the\ show\ on\ the\ road — v. phr. informal To start a program; get work started. It was several years before the rocket scientists got the show on the road. Compare: get the ball rolling …   Словарь американских идиом

  • get this show on the road — begin to do something, get down to business, get rolling    After a lot of talk about how to drill a well, the boss said, Let s get this show on the road …   English idioms

  • get this show on the road — verb To begin or launch; to get going. If were all in agreement about how to proceed, lets get this show on the road …   Wiktionary

  • get the show on the road — start working on something Let s get the show on the road and begin work for the day …   Idioms and examples

  • get the show on the road — mainly spoken to begin a particular activity OK, the boat s ready, so let s get this show on the road …   English dictionary

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