"storm out of the blocks" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-storm out of the blocks.ogg [Australia] Forms: storms out of the blocks [present, singular, third-person], storming out of the blocks [participle, present], stormed out of the blocks [participle, past], stormed out of the blocks [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=storm out of the blocks}} storm out of the blocks (third-person singular simple present storms out of the blocks, present participle storming out of the blocks, simple past and past participle stormed out of the blocks)
  1. (idiomatic) To begin rapidly. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: fly out of the traps, race out of the traps Related terms: hit the ground running
    Sense id: en-storm_out_of_the_blocks-en-verb-jxI3p7mg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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