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Someone asked me on social media about the phrase,
“Hit the ground running.” What does it mean?
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This means to start a project or something like
that as quickly as you can. When you start,
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you put all of your energy into it. For example,
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“Let's get all of our boxes really organized so we
can hit the ground running when the movers come.”
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Or, “I just got a phone call that my family is
coming, I'm going to hit the ground running and
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get my house ready.” That means I'm going to start
cleaning right away. I'm not going to exercise,
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go out for breakfast, do other things.
I'm going to hit the ground running,
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as soon as I can start I'm going to
put all my energy into that project.
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