get off to a flying start

to begin an activity very successfully Maria got off to a flying start in her new job. With several customers on the books already, Tim's new business had got off to a flying start.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mehitabel	mi-HIT-ə-bel (English), mee-HIT-ə-bel (English)	Biblical
Layne	[lein]
Slavica	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Marcos	MAHR-kos (Spanish), MAR-koos (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Lyudmil	-	Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
Dakarai	-	Southern African, Shona