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ground floor, get in on the
ground floor, get in on the
Participate in the beginning of a venture, thereby gaining some advantage. For example, Investors were eager to get in on the ground floor of the new development. [First half of 1800s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Isis | | IE-sis (English) | Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized) |
| Ward | | [wɔ:d] | |
| Zal | | - | Persian Mythology |
| Aynur | | - | Turkish, Azerbaijani, Uyghur |
| Agnese | | ah-NYE-ze (Italian), AHG-ne-se (Latvian) | Italian, Latvian |
| Tenney | | - | Medieval English |