"get the ball rolling" meaning in 英语

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Verb

Audio: en-au-get the ball rolling.ogg Forms: gets the ball rolling, getting the ball rolling, got the ball rolling, got the ball rolling, gotten the ball rolling
  1. 开始着手 Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: zh-get_the_ball_rolling-en-verb-RohXMf0I
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: set the ball rolling, start the ball rolling Related terms: keep the ball rolling
Categories (other): 英語動詞, 英語詞元

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          "text": "Did you ever get the ball rolling on your plans to build a shed?",
          "translation": "你有没有开始着手你的建小屋计划?"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, 出自 The Onion AV Club:",
          "text": "The execution of Littlefinger is formal, although his trial admittedly gives us ample opportunity to appreciate the tables finally turning on the man who got the ball rolling on all this bloodshed."
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          "ref": "2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, 出自 The Onion AV Club:",
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