ground floor

noun [S]

Definition

get/be in on the ground floor › to be involved in a project or business activity from the beginning: Get in on the ground floor of this booming industry now!

(Definition of ground floor noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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