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under way
*under way
Fig. moving; running; started. (*Typically: be ~; get something ~; have something ~.) The time has come to get this game under way. Now that the president has the meeting under way, I can relax.
under way
1. In motion, as in The ship got under way at noon. [c. 1930]
2. Already started, in progress, as in Plans are under way to expand. [c. 1930]
under way
1. In motion or operation.
2. In ongoing development; in progress.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Leif | | LAYF | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |
Tiborc | | - | Hungarian |
Aleksandr | | ah-lyek-SAHNDR (Russian), ah-leek-SAHNDR (Russian) | Russian, Armenian, Ukrainian |
Bowles | | [bəulz] | |
Silas | | ['sailəs] | |
Neeraj | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati |