get the ball rolling

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get the ball rolling and set the ball rolling; start the ball rolling

Fig. to get a process started. (See also keep the ball rolling) If I could just get the ball rolling, then other people would help. Who else would start the ball rolling? I had the ball rolling, but no one helped me with the project.

See also: ball, get, roll

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