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set in motion

DEFINITIONS OF: set in motion

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v get going; give impetus to

“Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process”
Synonyms:
launch
Types:
launch
launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
Type of:
displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
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