GOT GOING Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

got going

phrase

past tense of get going

as in began

to take the first step in (a process or course of action) She'd procrastinated long enough and it was time to get going.

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

began
started
commenced
got to
opened
fell (to)
launched
set about
embarked (on or upon)
entered (into or upon)
struck (into)
got off
led off
kicked off
created
initiated
adopted
generated
originated
invented
organized
took on
established
took up
founded
inaugurated
instituted
spawned
innovated
got around (to)
got down (to)
set up
got round (to)
embraced
pioneered
fathered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

finished
ended
stopped
concluded
terminated
ceased
completed
laid off
left
discontinued
quit
closed
halted
knocked off
abandoned
destroyed
desisted
abolished
extinguished
phased out
forsook
exterminated
demolished

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of got going Starter Sam Aldegheri, who spent most of the first two months in the minors, got going back in the right direction after consecutive poor starts. —