get\ off\ to\ a\ running\ start

get\ off\ to\ a\ running\ start
• get off to a flying start
• get off to a running start
v. phr.
To have a promising or successful beginning.

Ron got off to a flying start in business school when he got nothing but A's.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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