the wheels are in motion

the wheels are in motion

Things have begun developing, unfolding, or progressing. If you're going to act, you have to do it now, but once the wheels are in motion, there is no going back! Boss: "Jeff, what's the status of our new deployment strategy?" Jeff: "The wheels are in motion, we're just waiting for some final tests from the development team."
See also: motion, wheel
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • go well with
  • go well with (someone or something)
  • go in and out
  • goin
  • going my way?
  • (Are you) going my way?
  • be going places
  • got
  • go for (something)
  • go for it