get off the mark

English

Verb

get off the mark (third-person singular simple present gets off the mark, present participle getting off the mark, simple past got off the mark, past participle (UK) got off the mark or (US) gotten off the mark)

1. (idiomatic, sports) To score one's first points
   • 2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     And now Leclerc has won two races while Vettel is still to get off the mark this year. Looking at the remaining races - the tracks they are on, and the pattern of Ferrari's form - it is far from certain he will get another chance.

Related terms

• slow off the mark
• quick off the mark

See also

• off the mark