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Get in on the Ground Floor

To get associated with an important or major business and project at its start

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  • This idiom originates in the financial world of late 19th century. It is best to get in touch at the start of a company. You will get prosper along the success of a company because you were at the start and helped it grow well. Ground floor is a place where you enter a big building and all it has to go next is to go up.
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Miss Sara got in on the ground floor with a new dress boutique.

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Submitted on February 25, 2019

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