let's get this circus on the road in English

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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1982, Norm Goldstein, Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes, page 57",
          "text": "\"Then he'd take a quick look at the script and say, 'Let's get this circus on the road.' The cameras would turn.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 232",
          "text": "The keys were in the ignition. \"Come on,\" Jargodin said. \"Let's get this circus on the road. I'll follow you.\"",
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        "Let's start; let's begin (a journey, undertaking, etc.)."
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        "(idiomatic) Let's start; let's begin (a journey, undertaking, etc.)."
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  "word": "let's get this circus on the road"
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"let's get this circus on the road" meaning in English

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