(PW) start from the beginning so you’ll have full advantage of any favorable outcome. He is a very wealthy man. He was one Microsoft’s first employees and got in on the ground floor. (UsingEnglish) If you get in on the ground floor, you enter a project or venture at the start before people know how successful it might be. (free) get in on (or start from) the ground floor Informal a. to enter a business, organization, etc., at the lowest level b. to be in a project, undertaking, etc., from its inception (your)Informal The beginning of a venture, especially regarded as a position of advantage: investors vying to get in on the ground floor of a development project. |