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under way

adverb

1 under way

In motion; set in motion.

Roget 267: under way, under sail, under canvas, under steam; on the wing, in flight, in orbit.   

Roget 270: from hand to hand, from pillar to post.    on the way, by the way; on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course; as one goes; in transitu [Lat.], en route, chemin faisant [Fr.], en passant [Fr.], ... show more

Roget 282: forward, onward; forth, on, ahead, under way, en route for, on one's way, on the way, on the road, on the high road, on the road to; in progress; ... show more

Roget 264: under way; on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march.   


Moby thesaurus: accepted, accidental, accompanying, ado, afloat, afoot, assumed, astir, at sea, brewing, chanced, circumstantial, current, doing, eventuating, forthcoming, going on, happening, homeward bound, in blue water ... show more.

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