"balloon goes up" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Probably from the releasing of a balloon as a signal for an event to begin, possibly popularized by the use of balloons by the British Army during World War I (1914–1918) as a signal for artillery fire to commence.",
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        "loon goes up"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
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      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "word": "when the balloon goes up"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "word": "trial balloon"
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              36,
              51
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          "text": "— When is your job interview?\n— The balloon goes up at 10 tomorrow.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:balloon goes up."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something exciting, risky, or troublesome begins."
      ],
      "id": "en-balloon_goes_up-en-phrase-qKRedzwO",
      "links": [
        [
          "exciting",
          "exciting"
        ],
        [
          "risky",
          "risky"
        ],
        [
          "troublesome",
          "troublesome"
        ],
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Something exciting, risky, or troublesome begins."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "something exciting, risky, or troublesome begins",
          "word": "h-hetki on"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see balloon, go, up."
      ],
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          "balloon",
          "balloon#English"
        ],
        [
          "go",
          "go#English"
        ],
        [
          "up",
          "up#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "enpr": "bə-lo͞on′ gōz ŭp′"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/bəˌlun ɡoʊ̯z ˈʌp/",
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        "Canada",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bəˌlʉːn ɡəʉ̯z ˈɐp/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
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        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bəˌlʉn ɡoz ˈʌp/",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/baˌluːn ɡoːz ˈəp/",
      "tags": [
        "India"
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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "British Army",
    "World War I"
  ],
  "word": "balloon goes up"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Probably from the releasing of a balloon as a signal for an event to begin, possibly popularized by the use of balloons by the British Army during World War I (1914–1918) as a signal for artillery fire to commence.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Something exciting, risky, or troublesome begins."
      ],
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          "risky",
          "risky"
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          "troublesome",
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        ],
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          "begin",
          "begin"
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        "(idiomatic) Something exciting, risky, or troublesome begins."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see balloon, go, up."
      ],
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        ],
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          "go",
          "go#English"
        ],
        [
          "up",
          "up#English"
        ]
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  ],
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    {
      "enpr": "bə-lo͞on′ gōz ŭp′"
    },
    {
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      "ipa": "/bəˌlun ɡoʊ̯z ˈʌp/",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "something exciting, risky, or troublesome begins",
      "word": "h-hetki on"
    }
  ],
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    "British Army",
    "World War I"
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  "word": "balloon goes up"
}