set in motion

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set something in motion

to start something moving. The mayor set the project in motion by digging the first shovelful of soil. I cannot set the procedure in motion until I receive a purchase order.

See also: motion, set

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The world may indeed be considered as a vast machine, in which the great wheels are originally set in motion by those which are very minute, and almost imperceptible to any but the strongest eyes. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context Instead of it even-- as a woman reads another--she could see what I myself saw: his derision, his amusement, his contempt for the breakdown of my resignation at being left alone and for the fine machinery I had set in motion to attract his attention to my slighted charms. Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context Her forces of one sort and another had seemingly been set in motion when she was born; they needed no daily spur, but moved of their own accord--towards what no one knew, least of all Rebecca herself. Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context			set back set back from set before set beside set down set down as set eyes on set face against set fire to set foot in set for set for life set forth set forth on set forward set free set great store by set heart against set heart on set hopes on set house in order set in set in a place set in a type face set in concrete set in motion set in stone set in train set in ways set into set mind at ease set mind on set of pipes set of wheels set off set off alarm bells set off on set on set on fire set one back on heels set one on feet set out set out stall set out to set out to do set over set price set right set sail set sail for some place set sights			set hand to the plough set hand to the plough set hand to the plow set hand to the plow set heart against set heart on set heart on set heart on set heart on set heart on set hopes on set hopes on set hopes on set hopes on set hopes on set house in order set house in order set house in order set house in order set house in order set house in order set in set in set in set in set in set in a place set in a type face set in array set in concrete set in motion set in operation set in opposition set in order set in stone set in stone set in stone set in stone set in train set in ways Set inclusion Set inclusion Set Initialization Mode Set Interrupt Flag Set Interupt Status set into Set Iron Rod Set Less Than Immediate Set Less Than Unsigned set limitations set limits Set line set little store by Set Lunch Set Maquette set mark set menu set mind set mind set mind set mind

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