Definition of "get off the ground" []

• To succeed or begin to succeed. (verb)
• To make (something) succeed. (verb)

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• "I wondered how thick the clouds were and if the 21's had enough room to get off the ground underneath the overcast."
• "The flight was magic-assisted, of course; such a creature could never get off the ground in Mundania."