get/make an early start
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: to get started on a journey, activity, etc., early in the day
We want to get an early start tomorrow.
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Many shoppers do like to get an early start on holiday shopping – although there's some uncertainty whether consumers will spend more in 2024.
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Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
The route: This is your longest day, so get an early start with coffee, an omelet and a tall stack at Uncle Bill’s Pancake House.
—Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
The Jaguars and Bears make an early start of things on Sunday.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2024
For those looking to get an early start, the moon will enter into Earth's partial shadow beginning at 8:41 p.m. EDT.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2024
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Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
The route: This is your longest day, so get an early start with coffee, an omelet and a tall stack at Uncle Bill’s Pancake House.
—Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
The Jaguars and Bears make an early start of things on Sunday.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2024
For those looking to get an early start, the moon will enter into Earth's partial shadow beginning at 8:41 p.m. EDT.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Get/make an early start.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%2Fmake%20an%20early%20start. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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