up and running

Fig.[of a machine] functioning. As soon as we can get the tractor up and running, we will plant the corn crop.

up and running

actively working My computer was finally up and running again, and I could attack the huge batch of work I had to finish. It took several years to get his law practice up and running.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hob	-	Medieval English
Chuks	-	Western African, Igbo
Inga	ING-ah (Swedish), ING-gah (German), EEN-gah (Russian)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, German, Russian, Ancient Scandinavian, A
Lucinda	loo-SIN-də (English)	English, Portuguese, Literature
Sara	SAH-rah (Spanish, Finnish, Dutch, Polish), ZAH-rah (German), SER-ə (English), SAR-ə (English), SAH:-rah (Arabic)	Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, German
Antono	ahn-TO-no	Esperanto