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Under way   /ˈəndər weɪ/   Listen
Under way

adverb
1.
In motion; set in motion.






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"Under way" Quotes from Famous Books



... behind the long warehouses in Front Street and moving swiftly in and out of friendly shadows on his long journey up the hill, Dancing started for the jail. He was hardly more than well under way when he was aware of one following him and, turning to fell him with his fist, he started as he found ...
— The Mountain Divide • Frank H. Spearman

... said. "I had to take charge when Anders got sick and he had everything in such a mess. I've been working day and night to undo his mistakes and get the work properly under way again." ...
— Space Prison • Tom Godwin

... was well under way did Jean Roubideau come in from the corral. He shook hands with Billie and at the same time explained to Polly ...
— A Man Four-Square • William MacLeod Raine

... Tony's arrival, Bob's grandparents said good-by to the old homestead and were taken in the auto to town. Bob's uncle drove the car, and, as it got under way, ...
— Hidden Treasure • John Thomas Simpson

... of this sort and services including scores of specialized activities, such as medical development, ordnance and munitions manufacture, building of yards, docks, and all sorts of accessory facilities, the navy before the war had been a month under way had given contracts for the construction of several hundred submarine-chasers, having a length of 110 feet and driven by three 220-horse-power gasoline-engines, to thirty-one private firms and six navy-yards. All of these craft are now in ...
— Our Navy in the War • Lawrence Perry


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