"get off the mark" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets off the mark",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting off the mark",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got off the mark",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got off the mark",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten off the mark",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> off the mark"
      },
      "expansion": "get off the mark (third-person singular simple present gets off the mark, present participle getting off the mark, simple past got off the mark, past participle (UK) got off the mark or (US) gotten off the mark)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport:",
          "text": "And now Leclerc has won two races while Vettel is still to get off the mark this year. Looking at the remaining races - the tracks they are on, and the pattern of Ferrari's form - it is far from certain he will get another chance.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To score one's first points"
      ],
      "id": "en-get_off_the_mark-en-verb--xYQwFWe",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "score",
          "score"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, sports) To score one's first points"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "slow off the mark"
        },
        {
          "word": "quick off the mark"
        },
        {
          "word": "off the mark"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get off the mark"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets off the mark",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting off the mark",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got off the mark",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got off the mark",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten off the mark",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> off the mark"
      },
      "expansion": "get off the mark (third-person singular simple present gets off the mark, present participle getting off the mark, simple past got off the mark, past participle (UK) got off the mark or (US) gotten off the mark)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "slow off the mark"
    },
    {
      "word": "quick off the mark"
    },
    {
      "word": "off the mark"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport:",
          "text": "And now Leclerc has won two races while Vettel is still to get off the mark this year. Looking at the remaining races - the tracks they are on, and the pattern of Ferrari's form - it is far from certain he will get another chance.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To score one's first points"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "score",
          "score"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, sports) To score one's first points"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get off the mark"
}