[Ads-l] hit the ground running

[Jonathan Lighter]

1895: OED

1885 _Indianapolis Journal _ (June 6) 11: All I have to say is sign your
name to what you write and by the time I get through with you you'll hit
the ground running. [Laughter].

JL

-- 
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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