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	Pronounced	Usage
Airi	ah-ee-ṙee	Japanese
Joe	[dʒəu]
Barrow	['bærəu]
Anna	AN-a (English), AHN-nah (Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish), AH-nah (German, Russian), AN-nah (Danish)	English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hung
Silvana	seel-VAH-nah	Italian
Farouk	-	Arabic