break ground (for something)
- break ground (for something)
break ground (for something)
to start digging the foundation for a building. •
The president of the company came to break ground for the new building.
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This was the third building this year for which this company has broken ground.
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When do they expect to break ground at the new site?
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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