under way

Definitions

1. In operation, in progress, commenced.
   idiomatic
2. Moving through the water; not anchored, moored, aground, or beached.
3. Into motion, into its course.

Equivalents

Examples

“A dearth of signalmen and the high cost⟳ of labour is hastening an elimination process⟳ that already was well under way before the second world war.”

“The All Blacks drove upfield, using up the remaining moments, and when Joubert blew for another French infringement, the biggest party in New Zealand's history was under way.”

“Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call⟳ it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play⟳ consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate⟳ big free trade⟳ and investment agreements.”

“SWR has decided to withdraw⟳ it with immediate effect and cease the programme of modifications that were under way, to avoid⟳ incurring further costs to the taxpayer to reintroduce and operate⟳ these trains.”

“The show⟳ finally got under way, just 10 minutes late.”

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