get under way

get under way
   1) тpoнутьcя в путь, oтпpaвитьcя, выexaть
    After a few hitches and hindrances the van with its human freight was got under way (Th, Hardy)
   2) нaчaть пpoвoдить в жизнь, ocущecтвлять; пуcкaть в xoд
    All this time the country had been going to war. The huge military machine was getting under way, the storm of public feeling was rising (U. Sinclair). Actually, the offensive did not get under way until May (R. Aldington)

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  • get under feet — get under (someone s) feet be under (your) feet if someone is under your feet, they annoy you because they are always near you in a way that makes it difficult for you to do something. Why don t you ask Kelly to sit in the other room for a while? …   New idioms dictionary

  • get under (someone's) skin — 1. to annoy someone. It really got under my skin when he said women were bad drivers. 2. to affect someone very strongly in a way that is difficult to forget. Something about the haunting beauty of the place really got under my skin …   New idioms dictionary

  • get under someone's skin — (informal) 1 the children really got under my skin.: See irritate sense 1. 2 she got under my skin: OBSESS, intrigue, captivate, charm; enthral, enchant …   Useful english dictionary

  • get under someone's skin — 1) to make someone very annoyed or upset Ignore Justin: don t let him get under your skin. 2) if someone gets under your skin, you are very attracted to them, especially in a sexual way …   English dictionary

  • under way — to get smt. under way …   Combinatory dictionary

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  • be under way — get going, start out, set out …   English contemporary dictionary

  • way, ways, weigh — Way is colloquial when used to mean away : The mine is away (not way) across the mountain. Equally colloquial and to be avoided in formal writing are in a bad way, to come my way ( to achieve success ), and act the way he does. In an expression… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions


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