off to a flying start

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*off to a flying start

Fig. having a very successful beginning to something. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) The new business got off to a flying start with those export orders. We shall need a large donation from the local citizens if the charity is to get off to a flying start.

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Earlier, the Lions got off to a flying start when Ferris showed his best side by picking up a loose ball from the ruck to sprint home. Lions too quick for the Cheetahs by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) JUNIOR anglers got their competition season off to a flying start with with a good day's fishing at Cefni reservoir, Anglesey. Flying fishing; out andABOUT by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) A JAPANESE kite festival got off to a flying start thanks to Eijji Osahi. Kite festival was a soaraway success; REMEMBER WHEN by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			off on the right foot off on the wrong foot off own bat off rocker off season off the air off the back of a lorry off the bat off the beaten path off the beaten track off the books off the charts off the cuff off the face of the earth off the hook off the mark off the peg off the rack off the record off the shelf off the subject off the top of head off the track off the wagon off the wall off to a flying start off to a running start off to one side off to the races off to the side off topic off-colour off-key off-line off-the-cuff off-the-wall offend offend against offend with offense offer offer for offer one cannot refuse offer to offer up office officiate often ogle Oh, boy oh, sure			off the top of head off the top of head off the top of head Off the Top of My Head Off the Top of My Head off the track off the trolley Off the Truck Off the Vine Catering off the waggon off the waggon off the wagon off the wagon off the wagon off the wagon off the wall off the wall off the wall off the wall off the wall off the wall Off the Wall Productions off the wind off the wind off the wind off the wind Off Their Trolley off time off time off to a bad start off to a flying start off to a good start off to a running start off to one side off to the races off to the side Off To War Off Tool Sample Off topic Off topic Off Topic Discussion Off Topic Forum Off track betting Off Track Excursion Off Track Quarter Horse Off Track Thoroughbred Off Treatment off trolley off trolley off trolley Off vocal Off vocal Off Watch Off with Their Heads Off Ya Tree off year off years Off Your Back Shirts off your guard

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