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Pilot

David 23 October 2019

I tried becoming a pilot, but that never Idiom taken literally literal aviation takeoff An aircraft physically leaves the runway and becomes airborne. figurative project failure An endeavor never begins or progresses; it fails to develop or succeed. The phrase 'got off the ground' is an idiom meaning 'got started/succeeded' that literalizes to airplane flight—perfectly suited to the aviation context of being a pilot. .

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