put in motion
Set something going
To put in motion is to start something moving or cause it to begin: The judge's ruling put the appeals process in motion.
The phrase often describes initiating plans, procedures, or events that will unfold over time: Once we put things in motion, there's no turning back.
Physical motion is sometimes meant—He put the wheel in motion with a push—but figurative uses predominate.
To set going
- triggerWhat initiates action
- engageActively participate or connect
- energizeSupply with vitality
- power onInitiate electronic operation
switch on · turn on · spark · actuate · set off · kick-start · fire up · crank
start
To set going
power on · switch on · turn on · spark · actuate · set off · kick-start · fire up · crank · ignite
drive
Operate a vehicle
thrust · force · compel · urge · press · accelerate · boost · advance · hasten · speed
liftoff
Moment of ascent
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- thrustForceful forward motion
trajectory · propel · catapult · hurl · fling · send forth · release · dispatch · deploy · shoot
put in motionstop
Cease all motion
halt · bring to a halt · arrest · still · immobilize
put in motionput a stop to
Cause to cease
put on hold · shut down · terminate · block · kill
motion, motive, motivation, activate, initiate, mobilize, motivated, activated, motivating