take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | result or issue |
set in motion, cause to start | start running, functioning, or operating |
play in the starting lineup | gather or bring together |
bring into being | gather (money or other resources) together over time |
get off the ground | bring forth, usually something desirable |
begin or set in motion | come up, of celestial bodies |
get going or set in motion | come to the surface |
depart for someplace | move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody |
bulge outward | move upward |
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | get something or somebody for a specific purpose |
begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job | originate or come into being |
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | be mentioned |
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense | |
have a beginning characterized in some specified way | |