get off the mark

(British & Australian)

to score for the first time in a sports competition Liverpool got off the mark with a blinding goal.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Diane	dee-AHN (French), die-AN (English)	French, English
Almira (1)	awl-MIR-ə	Literature
Abrahamson	['eibrəhæmsn]
RoŽĖ	-	Lithuanian
Eustathios	-	Ancient Greek
Alban	AHL-bahn (German), AL-bən (English)	German, French, Albanian, English (Rare)