get off the mark

verb

get off the mark

verb
1

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Idiomatic To score one's first points

  • 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.2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport:
Related terms
slow off the mark, quick off the mark, off the mark

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