take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | set off quickly, usually with success |
set in motion, cause to start | jump down from an elevated point |
play in the starting lineup | |
bring into being | |
get off the ground | |
begin or set in motion | |
get going or set in motion | |
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 | |