on its feet

on its feet
*on its feet
Fig. organized and functioning; started up and functioning. (*Typically: get something \on its feet; havesomething \on its feet; put something \on its feet.) •

Trying to get this company on its feet is harder than I thought.

What will it take to put this company on its feet again?


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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