(Ireland, colloquial) To get going; to make a start on one's journey.
Well, it's almost ten o'clock. I should be making the road shorter.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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