let's get this circus on the road

phrase

Let's start; let's begin (a journey, undertaking, etc.).

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Meanings

phrase
  1. idiomaticLet's start; let's begin (a journey, undertaking, etc.).

    The keys were in the ignition. "Come on," Jargodin said. "Let's get this circus on the road. I'll follow you."

    1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 232
    1 more example

    "Then he'd take a quick look at the script and say, 'Let's get this circus on the road.' The cameras would turn."

    1982, Norm Goldstein, Frank Sinatra: Ol' Blue Eyes, page 57
Cite this entry
APA

let's get this circus on the road. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let's%20get%20this%20circus%20on%20the%20road

MLA

“let's get this circus on the road.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let's%20get%20this%20circus%20on%20the%20road. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “let's get this circus on the road,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let's%20get%20this%20circus%20on%20the%20road.

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