Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigSuggestions(2)
The phrase "got the ball rolling" is a perfectly acceptable phrase in written English and can be used to describe initiating or starting something.
For example: "When he proposed the new idea, he really got the ball rolling."
Idiom
Get the ball rolling.
If you get the ball rolling, you start something so that it can start making progress.
Exact(58)
It got the ball rolling".
We have got the ball rolling".
That got the ball rolling".
We got the ball rolling".
"He definitely got the ball rolling".
It kind of got the ball rolling".
I think we've got the ball rolling".
But London was definitely what got the ball rolling.
Kennedy's Jan . 24message got the ball rolling.
It was Mr. Stoppard who accidentally got the ball rolling on "Clive".
So that got the ball rolling for the rest of my career, really.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com