Idioms

up and running

This page is about the idiom up and running

Meaning

You can say something like a system or an organisation is up and running if it has started to operate.

For example

  • We'll have all the new wireless links up and running within a couple of months.

  • They're still sorting out the final details, but their new medical centre should be up and running by next month.

Quick Quiz

We plan to get some things up and running as soon as we can, such as

a. the new engineers

b. the new satellite networks

c. the new roads and bridges
a) the new engineers b) the new satellite networks c) the new roads and bridges

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Contributor: Matt Errey