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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Hits ground running

Jeff Sessions: hardline Trump ally hits ground running with role in Comey firing (An article headline.)

What is hits ground running in the above?

  

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com/hit+the+ground+running It means to start something (a project, a job, the day) with great energy, involvement, and competence. It might have come from soldiers who parachute out of planes in a battle. When they get to the ground, they immediately start to run and are ready to fight.

  • com/hit+the+ground+running It means to start something (a project, a job, the day) with great energy, involvement, and competence.
  • It might have come from soldiers who parachute out of planes in a battle.
  • When they get to the ground, they immediately start to run and are ready to fight.
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"hit the ground running" is an idiom:

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/hit+the+ground+running


It means to start something (a project, a job, the day) with great energy, involvement, and competence.

It might have come from soldiers who parachute out of planes in a ba

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