hit the ground running

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Verb

hit the ground running (third-person singular simple present hits the ground running, present participle hitting the ground running, simple past and past participle hit the ground running)

1. (idiomatic) To begin an activity immediately and with full commitment.

   Employers these days look for candidates that can hit the ground running, so that they spend less on training.

Translations

begin an activity immediately and with full commitment

• Dutch: direct aan de slag gaan
• Finnish: ryhtyä heti hommiin
• French: se mettre au travail tout de suite, se donner à fond sans attendre
• German:
• Polish: ruszyć z kopyta (pl) pf
• Russian: взять с места в карье́р (vzjatʹ s mesta v karʹjér)
• Swedish: rivstarta (sv)

See also

• storm out of the blocks