get the ball rolling

English

Alternative forms

• start the ball rolling

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Verb

get the ball rolling

1. (informal, idiomatic) To begin; to start some action; to set in motion.

   Did you ever get the ball rolling on your plans to build a shed?

   • 2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     The execution of Littlefinger is formal, although his trial admittedly gives us ample opportunity to appreciate the tables finally turning on the man who got the ball rolling on all this bloodshed.

Related terms

• keep the ball rolling