get off the ground
To make a successful beginning; get a good start; go ahead; make progress.
Our plans for a party didn't get off the ground because no one could come.
give ground
To go backward under attack; move back; retreat.
After fighting for a while the troops slowly began to give ground.
Although they were outnumbered by the enemy, the men refused to give ground.
go around
To go from one place or person to another.
Mr. Smith is going around looking for work.
Don't go around telling lies like that.
Chicken pox is going around the neighbourhood.
A rumour is going around school that we will get the afternoon off.
There’s a bad strain of influenza going around right now. Have you gotten your flu shots yet?
Mike has been going around telling people that he was accepted to Harvard University. Do you believe him?
To go together; keep company. Usually used with "with".
Bill goes around with boys older than he is because he is big for his age.
To be enough to give to everyone; be enough for all.
There are not enough desks to go around in the classroom.
We thought that we had bought enough food and drink for the party, but actually there wasn’t enough to go around.
go round the houses
"Ходить вокруг да около."
He is going round the houses and can’t tell us the truth.
Он ходит вокруг да около и не может рассказать правду.
go the rounds
To pass or be told from one person to another; spread among many people.
There is a rumor going the rounds that Mr. Norton will be the new superintendent.
The story about Mr. Cox's falling into the lake is going the rounds.
ground ball
A ball batted onto the ground in baseball; a grounder.
Taylor hit a ground ball to the short-stop.
ground floor
First floor of a house or building.
Mrs. Turner has an apartment on the ground floor.
The first or best chance, especially in a business.
That man got rich because he got in on the ground floor of the television business.
ground rule
A rule in sports that is made especially for the grounds or place where a game is played. Usually used in the plural.
There was such a big crowd at the baseball game, that the ground rules of the field were changed in case a ball went into the crowd.
A rule, usually not written, of what to do or how to act in case certain things happen. Usually used in the plural.
When you go to a new school, you don't know the ground rules of how you are supposed to behave.