Daily life
get someone going
give someone energy
To get someone going is to give them the energy or motivation to start the day or an activity.
Hear it in real life
You look half asleep.
I know. I need some strong tea to get me going.
A cold shower gets me going when I have an early start.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I need some strong tea to get me go in the morning.
Say: I need some strong tea to get me going in the morning.
Learners may use the bare verb after “get someone” instead of the -ing form in this expression.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
get someone going; gets me going; got me going
Your turn: say it out loud
A cold shower gets me going when I have an early start.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
get someone going
give someone energy
“A cold shower gets me going when I have an early start.”
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