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