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SET IN MOTION
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Get going; give impetus to
Example:
Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process
Synonyms:
launch; set in motion
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "set in motion" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "set in motion"):
launch (launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
