get started

verb — 3 senses

get started

verb
1

To begin an activity.

  • Come on guys, settle down, it's time to get started
2

To begin (an activity or event); to get something to start.

  • Get the car started and then we can set off.
3

Idiomatic To cause (someone) to start talking about something in length.

  • He is also an avid photographer and falconer. Don't get him started talking about his birds because he won't stop for a while.2015, A. J. Marcus, Grizzly Discovery:

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