| VERB | contact | set in motion, launch | get going |
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| Meaning | get going; give impetus to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process" | |
| Synonym | launch | |
| Narrower | launch | launch for the first time |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | emprender, poner en movimiento | |
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