Hit the Ground Running In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Hit the Ground Running", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Christina Quynh calendar 2021-03-19 11:03

Meaning of Hit the Ground Running

Hit the Ground Running informal verb phrase

If you hit the ground running, you start to work immediately with a lot of energy.

I want to hit the ground running after graduating from university.

The principal said he expects all of his students to hit the ground running after they graduates.

Other phrases about:

Get my mojo working
To have confidence, energy, enthusiasm or enormous charm for something
fire in (one's)/the belly

Enthusiasm and perseverance

Lackadaisical
Lazy; lack of effort and spirit
In like Flynn

1. Having achieved success or acceptance.

2. To do something fast and enthusiastically.

vim and vigor

An abundance of exuberant, young vigor, enthusiasm, or vitality.

Grammar and Usage of Hit the Ground Running

Verb Forms

  • Hit the Ground Running
  • to hit the ground running
  • hits the ground running
  • have/had hit the ground running
  • be hitting the ground running

The verb "hit" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Hit the Ground Running

There are many point of views about the idiom's origin. However, in many documents, the phrase was first used from 1900s.

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