take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | set out on a course of action |
set in motion, cause to start | remove from a list |
play in the starting lineup | cause to get out |
bring into being | put out or be put out by a strikeout |
get off the ground | make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body |
begin or set in motion | be unsuccessful in an endeavor |
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 | |