set in motion

/sɛt ɪn ˌmoʊʃən/
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Other forms: sets in motion; setting in motion

Definitions of set in motion
  1. verb
    get going; give impetus to
    “Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process”
    synonyms: launch
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    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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