The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word LAUNCHING which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2018.
Getting off the ground crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LAUNCHING | 100 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Getting off the ground
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- take off
- take-off
- lift off
- fly
- flying
- flyer
- flight
- soaring
- imp
- launching
- soar
- sky
Crossword Answer definitions
LAUNCHING verb- To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
- To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
- To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
- To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
- To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
- To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
- To release; to put onto the market for sale
- Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
- (often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
- (of a program) To start to operate.
- The act by which something is launched; a launch.
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