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be in train

set in train - if you set in train an activity or an event, you make it begin. Investigations were in train to identify the person responsible for the theft.

the gravy train

an activity from which people make a lot of money very quickly and easily. A lot of people thought they'd get on the gravy train in the eighties and make some money out of property.

set in train

if you set in train an activity or an event, you make it begin. His book set in train the events which eventually led to revolution.

See also: set

a train of thought

a series of connected thoughts. You interrupted my train of thought - Now I can't remember what I was going to say.

See also: thought