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