get off the mark

verb

To score one's first points

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Meanings

verbget off the mark (third-person singular simple present gets off the mark, present participle getting off the mark, simple past got off the mark, past participle (UK) got off the mark or (US) gotten off the mark)

present singular third person gets off the mark · participle present getting off the mark · past got off the mark · UK participle past got off the mark · US participle past gotten off the mark

  1. idiomatichobbiesTo score one's first points

    And now Leclerc has won two races while Vettel is still to get off the mark this year. Looking at the remaining races - the tracks they are on, and the pattern of Ferrari's form - it is far from certain he will get another chance.

    2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport
Cite this entry
APA

get off the mark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20off%20the%20mark

MLA

“get off the mark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20off%20the%20mark. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get off the mark,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20off%20the%20mark.

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