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Set in motion Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Set in motion has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

get going; give impetus to

"launch a career"

"Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process"

2

To trigger movement or progress; to get going.

See Also
lead up to open ball get ball rolling trigger
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
move
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
launch
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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