take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life |
set in motion, cause to start | follow a certain course |
play in the starting lineup | progress by being changed |
bring into being | stop operating or functioning |
get off the ground | enter or assume a certain state or condition |
begin or set in motion | be abolished or discarded |
get going or set in motion | give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number |
depart for someplace | have a turn; make one's move in a game |
bulge outward | to be spent or finished |
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | be spent |
begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job | perform as expected when applied |
begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way |
have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically |
have a beginning characterized in some specified way | move away from a place into another direction |
| begin or set in motion |
| make a certain noise or sound |
| follow a procedure or take a course |
| stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point |
| have a particular form |
| pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action |
| be in the right place or situation |
| be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired |
| be awarded; be allotted |
| be or continue to be in a certain condition |
| lead, extend, or afford access |
| be ranked or compare |
| blend or harmonize |
| be sounded, played, or expressed |
| be contained in |
| continue to live and avoid dying |