pursue or resume | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action |
return to a previous location or condition | set in motion, cause to start |
adopt | play in the starting lineup |
take up as if with a sponge | bring into being |
take out or up with or as if with a scoop | get off the ground |
accept | begin or set in motion |
take in, also metaphorically | get going or set in motion |
take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption | depart for someplace |
occupy or take on | bulge outward |
take up and practice as one's own | move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm |
begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job | begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job |
turn one's interest to | begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object |
take up time or space | have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense |
| have a beginning characterized in some specified way |