increase suddenly and significantly | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action |
rise in rank or status | set in motion, cause to start |
go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions | play in the starting lineup |
pass abruptly from one state or topic to another | bring into being |
bypass | get off the ground |
make a sudden physical attack on | begin or set in motion |
enter eagerly into | get going or set in motion |
move forward by leaps and bounds | depart for someplace |
cause to jump or leap | bulge outward |
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm |
run off or leave the rails | begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job |
start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery | begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object |
jump down from an elevated point | have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense |
jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute | have a beginning characterized in some specified way |
be highly noticeable | |