take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness |
set in motion, cause to start | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) |
play in the starting lineup | make (offspring) by reproduction |
bring into being | undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) |
get off the ground | enter or assume a certain state or condition |
begin or set in motion | give certain properties to something |
get going or set in motion | cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition |
depart for someplace | receive a specified treatment (abstract) |
bulge outward | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action |
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | reach by calculation |
begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job | grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of |
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | be a mystery or bewildering to |
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense | cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner |
have a beginning characterized in some specified way | communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone |
| move into a desired direction of discourse |
| take vengeance on or get even |
| attract and fix |
| go or come after and bring or take back |
| succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase |
| reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot |
| overcome or destroy |
| earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher |
| apprehend and reproduce accurately |
| evoke an emotional response |
| irritate |
| reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress |
| reach and board |
| leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form |
| go through (mental or physical states or experiences) |
| suffer from the receipt of |
| perceive by hearing |
| receive as a retribution or punishment |
| come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| achieve a point or goal |
| purchase |
| acquire as a result of some effort or action |