under way
Prepositional phrase
  1. (idiomatic) In operation, in progress, commenced.
  2. (nautical, of a vessel) moving through the water; not anchored, moored, aground, or beached.
  3. Into motion, into its course.
    The show finally got under way, just 10 minutes late.
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