to get under way

get under way — index arise (occur), dispatch (send off), embark Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

get under someone's feet — get under (someone s) feet be under (your) feet if someone is under your feet, they annoy you because they are always near you in a way that makes it difficult for you to do something. Why don t you ask Kelly to sit in the other room for a while? …   New idioms dictionary

get under feet — get under (someone s) feet be under (your) feet if someone is under your feet, they annoy you because they are always near you in a way that makes it difficult for you to do something. Why don t you ask Kelly to sit in the other room for a while? …   New idioms dictionary

get under (someone's) skin — 1. to annoy someone. It really got under my skin when he said women were bad drivers. 2. to affect someone very strongly in a way that is difficult to forget. Something about the haunting beauty of the place really got under my skin …   New idioms dictionary

Get my way! — Infobox Single Name = Get my way! Artist = Mami Kawada from Album = SAVIA B side = Aozora to Taiyou Released = August 8 2007 Format = Maxi Recorded = Genre = J Pop Length = 14:31 Label = Geneon Writer = Producer = I ve Sound Certification = Chart …   Wikipedia

get under someone's skin — (informal) 1 the children really got under my skin.: See irritate sense 1. 2 she got under my skin: OBSESS, intrigue, captivate, charm; enthral, enchant …   Useful english dictionary

get under someone's skin — 1) to make someone very annoyed or upset Ignore Justin: don t let him get under your skin. 2) if someone gets under your skin, you are very attracted to them, especially in a sexual way …   English dictionary

under way — to get smt. under way …   Combinatory dictionary

get under someone's skin — informal 1》 annoy or irritate someone intensely. 2》 fill someone s mind in a compelling and persistent way. 3》 reach or display a deep understanding of someone. → skin …   English new terms dictionary

be under way — get going, start out, set out …   English contemporary dictionary

way, ways, weigh — Way is colloquial when used to mean away : The mine is away (not way) across the mountain. Equally colloquial and to be avoided in formal writing are in a bad way, to come my way ( to achieve success ), and act the way he does. In an expression… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions