take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action |
set in motion, cause to start | put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. |
play in the starting lineup | pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking |
bring into being | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted |
get off the ground | move something or somebody to a lower position |
begin or set in motion | alight from (a horse) |
get going or set in motion | lower (one's body) as by kneeling |
depart for someplace | |
bulge outward | |
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | |
begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job | |
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | |
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense | |
have a beginning characterized in some specified way | |