hit the ground running

Example Sentences

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Hit the ground running: Early in my career as a new-employee trainer, I witnessed a manager tell this to a group of new hires on their first day, at the start of the onboarding process.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was a lightbulb moment for me: The employee had heard “hit the ground running” not as “be proactive in your training”—which is how the manager meant it—but as “you are already late in learning the job.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But to survive at Forest he needs to hit the ground running and victory over his former club Fenerbahce was a step in the right direction.

From Barron's

The Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani has hit the ground running in spring training in an effort to ramp up to pitch without restrictions before leaving camp for WBC obligations with Team Japan.

From Los Angeles Times

Oxlade-Chamberlain has been training with Arsenal in recent months and thanked the Premier League leaders for helping him to hit the ground running in Glasgow.

From BBC